No Place to Call Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ
No place to call home: As the housing crisis reaches record levels Jane Deith talks to children and families about life in temporary accommodation when there's nowhere else to go.
As the cost of living crisis continues to increase the strain on families, a record 142,000 children in England are homeless and living in what should be short term temporary accommodation.
Children are being consigned to B&Bs and hotels, former office blocks - even shipping containers – some without a bed of their own, living among rats and cockroaches - conditions the children’s commissioner has condemned as Dickensian.
With the help of young people and their families, File on 4 investigates how temporary accommodation - meant to be a short term safety net - has become a trap some children can’t escape.
Reporter: Jane Deith
Producer: Nicola Dowling
Technical Producer: James Beard
Production Coordinator: Jordan King
Editors: Clare Fordham and Carl Johnston
Image: Imgorthand via Getty Images
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No place to call home: A child's eye view of life in temporary accommodation.
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- Tue 19 Mar 2024 20:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 24 Mar 2024 17:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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