Temporary accommodation is meant to be a short-term solution. But for tens of thousands of people across London, it has become a long-term reality – often in unsuitable, unsafe conditions, and far from the communities they know.
This research lays bare the dire state of temporary accommodation in London. Researchers found that the temporary accommodation crisis spans all generations. Some children are spending their whole childhoods in temporary accommodation. At the other end of the spectrum, people are living out their final years in temporary accommodation. Read all the findings and proposals in the report here.