Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: That some families in London have been in temporary accommodation for over a decade ...

That some families in London have been in temporary accommodation for over a decade is a sad but clear indicator of the costs of a failure to (re)build the country's social housing... there is an appalling impact on children's development, but also a massive cost to Council budgets, money that would have been better spent on building homes.

Of course, the private providers of accommodation are laughing all the way the bank.

#housingcrisis #socialhousing #homelessness

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/09/homeless-kids-england-childhood-temporary-housing-families