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Housing crisis hits councils with £1bn bill
A man walks by a tent of a homeless person near the Houses of Parliament
COUNCILS spent more than £1 billion on temporary accommodation for homeless households in just one year, government figures revealed today.
The spending, between April 2018 and March this year, was partly fuelled by a huge increase in households being placed bed-and-breakfast accommodation.
The overall cost of temporary housing has increased by a staggering 78 per cent over the last five years.
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