Inside London's temporary accommodation crisis: boroughs face massive £740m deficit
Scanlon, K.
& Whitehead, C. M. E.
(13 October 2025)
Inside London's temporary accommodation crisis: boroughs face massive £740m deficit.
LSE London.
& Whitehead, C. M. E.
(13 October 2025)
Inside London's temporary accommodation crisis: boroughs face massive £740m deficit.
LSE London.
London’s boroughs are facing a deepening financial crisis driven by the growing cost of temporary accommodation (TA). A new report by LSE London for London Councils warns that the Capital’s local authorities are shouldering an unfunded shortfall of more than £740 million to meet their legal duty to house homeless families, a gap equivalent to 11% of total council tax revenue.