English councils tell Hunt £100m needed to avoid collapse of homeless services
Cross-party group writes to chancellor saying councils face bankruptcy over temporary housing billsCouncil leaders have urged Jeremy Hunt to intervene to prevent the collapse of local homeless services because of the soaring costs of providing emergency housing for evicted families.A letter signed by a cross-party group of local authority leaders in England indicates some town halls face effective bankruptcy and describes mounting temporary housing bills for homeless households as a “critical risk to the financial sustainability of many local authorities”.
