Children are growing up in shipping containers due to lack of council housing, report finds

Children are growing up in shipping containers due to lack of council housing, report finds Children are being raised in shipping containers and office blocks because councils do not have enough accommodation to house, an official report has found.

Almost a quarter-of-a-million children could be without a permanent home in England and are instead living in “unfit” accommodation - including the likes of office blocks, shipping containers and B&Bs. The Daily Telegraph

See also:

• Thousands of children growing up in shipping containers, office blocks and B&Bs Children's Commissioner
• Bleak houses: Tackling the crisis of family homelessness in England Children's Commissioner
• Thousands of children forced to grow up in shipping containers and offices because of government’s ‘catastrophic failure’ to address homelessness The Independent