{"id":22116,"date":"2023-10-11T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-537697-2997182.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=22116"},"modified":"2023-09-25T12:14:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T16:14:05","slug":"englands-homelessness-hits-record-high-for-households-residing-in-temporary-accommodations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress-537697-2997182.cloudwaysapps.com\/englands-homelessness-hits-record-high-for-households-residing-in-temporary-accommodations\/","title":{"rendered":"England\u2019s Homelessness Hits Record High for Households Residing in Temporary Accommodations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A drastic uptick in rental rates and mortgages coupled with a chronic\u00a0<\/span>housing shortage<\/span><\/a>\u00a0has posed record-breaking consequences in England, where more than one hundred thousand households were placed in temporary accommodations for the first time in recorded history.<\/span><\/h4>\n

\u201cIt don\u2019t feel like a proper home, and it don\u2019t feel safe,\u201d said ten-year-old Cameron in a candid YouTube video posted by\u00a0<\/span>Shelter<\/span><\/a>. Cameron was referring to his life in a hostel in Great Britain, one of the places classified as a temporary accommodation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cameron\u2019s dad, Glenn, along with the other children in the family, try to get by in the confined one-bedroom space, which poses an elongated list of challenges ranging from a non-functioning toilet to cramped sleeping quarters, from dirty carpets to conflicts caused by overcrowding and noisy neighbors. This is the reality, not just for the man behind the camera in the video, but also for hundreds of thousands more households now classified as \u201cunintentionally homeless\u201d in England.<\/span><\/p>\n

Defining Terms of Homelessness: Who Is Unintentionally Homeless in England?<\/span><\/h3>\n

According to\u00a0<\/span>Shelter Scotland<\/span><\/a>, you must meet a strict criterion to qualify as \u201cunintentionally homeless\u201d in the UK. This means that the actions that drove you into homelessness were determined to be \u201cbeyond your control.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Indeed, if you become\u00a0<\/span>homeless<\/span><\/a>\u00a0due to non-payment of rent or mortgage and the government determines you could have afforded to make that payment, you are not classified as \u201cunintentionally homeless.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This is an important distinction because England\u2019s government shoulders a level of responsibility for unintentionally homeless individuals and families.<\/span><\/p>\n

Under Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996, anyone deemed unintentionally homeless has a right to temporary or secure accommodations. Often, households dwelling in temporary living spaces such as hostels or rooming houses are waiting on lists to secure more permanent housing situations.<\/span><\/p>\n

It should be duly noted that if the legal counsel deems a household to have fallen into homelessness through avoidable circumstances, such as being able to pay rent but refusing to do so or being evicted for antisocial behavior, they are not provided temporary accommodations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, it can be deduced that all households residing in government-issued, temporary living facilities became homeless due to circumstances they could not control. They likely fit one or more of the following descriptions:<\/span><\/p>\n