Inside London's temporary accommodation crisis: boroughs face massive £740m deficit

Scanlon, Kath ORCID: 0000-0001-9957-4853 and Whitehead, Christine M E (2025) Inside London's temporary accommodation crisis: boroughs face massive £740m deficit. LSE London (13 Oct 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lselondon/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Geography and Environment LSE London
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	14 Nov 2025 15:12
Last Modified:	14 Nov 2025 15:12
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/130196

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