MP, Labour’s Shadow Housing
Secretary, responding to the latest
government homelessness statistics, said:
“The national shame of high and rising homelessness this
Christmas is a direct result of ten years of the
Conservatives.
“There’s no more powerful reminder of the need for a Labour
government than the homelessness we now see in every town and
city in our country.
“We will continue to hold the Tories hard to account for
their decisions which are making this problem worse and to make
the case for change.”
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Notes to editor
The latest quarterly homelessness figures released by the
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government are
available here, for the second quarter of 2019:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/852953/Statutory_Homelessness_Statistical_Release_Apr-Jun_2019.pdf.
The new data reveal:
· the number
of households assessed as either homeless or threatened with
homelessness has increased by 11.4% from compared to the same
quarter last year, to 68,170 this quarter
· the total
number of households in temporary accommodation was 86,130, up
4.5% from 82,390 a year earlier
· a total of
127,370 dependent children are living homeless in temporary
accommodation, an increase of 75% compared to the same quarter in
2010.
Labour set out a comprehensive plan to end rough sleeping
and tackle the causes of rising homelessness during the general
election campaign: www.labour.org.uk/housingmanifesto.
