Responding to the Government’s announcement revealing there are now more than 79,000 households, and more than 123,000 homeless children, living in temporary accommodation across the country, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Housing, Wera Hobhouse, said:

“The shocking statistics revealed today demonstrate the need for the Tories to be much more ambitious if they are to help the thousands of families in temporary accommodation.

“The housing crisis is a human crisis. It is time the Tories stopped taking piecemeal measures to try and solve it.

“The Liberal Democrats are calling for 50,000 new homes for social rent every year.”

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Statistics can be found here