Publications
The All Party Parliamentary Group for Households in Temporary Accommodation can announce three pieces of key information: The APPG can also announce that 140 children have died, with their main residence listed as temporary accommodation, between October 2023 and September 2025. Whether temporary accommodation was a contributing factor to these deaths will be assessed through the usual death review process, meaning the 104 figure could increase in the following years.
A new report likens the experiences of living in temporary accommodation for neurodivergent children to a form of “torture”. The report, titled ‘It’s like torture: Life in Temporary Accommodation for Neurodivergent Children and their Families’, highlights the findings of a UK-wide call for evidence launched by Dr Rosalie Warnock and Professor Katherine Brickell from King’s College London, through the All Party Parliamentary Group for Households in Temporary Accommodation, and with…
Temporary accommodation is increasingly becoming a children’s rights problem in the UK, with over 165,000 children across England experiencing homelessness. A report, published by Shared Health Foundation, exposes thirteen violations of the United Conventions on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) caused to children living in temporary accommodation. With the impending release of the homelessness and child poverty strategies, children trapped in the temporary accommodation crisis should be at the…
New data uncovers that 80 children have died in temporary accommodation in one year. The APPG for Households in Temporary Accommodation can announce that out of the 3,605 child deaths in England, 80 have died while living in temporary accommodation. These numbers were obtained from the National Child Mortality Database between 1st October 2023 and 30th September 2024, accounting for 3% of the total number of child deaths during this…
There are 164,040 homeless children in England living in temporary accommodation. Many are living in dangerous conditions with little support to help them navigate through our complex systems. Families are continuously placed out of area, far away from their school, GP and community. The educational attainment of homeless children plummets when they become homeless. The barriers to healthcare increases and children’s health and development suffer. This guidance has been developed…
Women and children are stuck in a ‘debt trap’. This research report evidences how rental, council tax, and other personal debts are shaping families’ housing journeys into and on from homelessness and temporary accommodation. Debt not only causes, lengthens, but also outlives family homelessness.
Welcome to our podcast ‘Hope in the Deep End’, brought to you by the Shared Health Foundation. In this podcast series we are exploring all the different complexities of working in areas of deprivation, poverty and entrenched health inequalities. From clinicians to youth workers, we want to inspire, challenge and give inspiration to all those that work in the deep end.
Shared Health Foundation began working with Oldham Council’s Housing Team in April 2020, during the initial lockdown period of the pandemic, with our unique ‘Focused Care’ model. This report outlines the benefits of this local authority partnership and celebrates the health outcomes of our families.
There has been little work looking at the effects of poor housing and homelessness on shaping demand for social care. After reviewing the available evidence, this article raises housing as a critical issue for children’s social care and makes the case for an urgent research agenda.
This article explains how a clinician-led third sector organisation in Greater Manchester has issued a call to action requiring healthcare providers and service commissioners to adapt to improve health outcomes