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https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/parents-mental-health-now-most-common-factor-in-children-s-social-care-need/ar-AA1xczAL?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=8996e2d075554b17acd1210fd685e75c&ei=16
A lack of access to good quality housing, record numbers in temporary accommodation and the overall unaffordability of housing is “contributing to family distress and breakdown against the backdrop of a cost-of-living crisis”, the report said.
Children’s services reported that they are “routinely” having to supplement rents “to sustain families and keep them together”, which they said is “unsustainable”.
The association blamed a “stripping back” of public services for poor outcomes for children and urged the Government to take “bolder, swifter action to truly improve children’s life chances now and in the future”.
A lack of access to good quality housing, record numbers in temporary accommodation and the overall unaffordability of housing is “contributing to family distress and breakdown against the backdrop of a cost-of-living crisis”, the report said.
Children’s services reported that they are “routinely” having to supplement rents “to sustain families and keep them together”, which they said is “unsustainable”.
The association blamed a “stripping back” of public services for poor outcomes for children and urged the Government to take “bolder, swifter action to truly improve children’s life chances now and in the future”.