Councils’ temporary housing costs to more than double by 2029-30, says LGA

Exclusive: Local Government Association says figure to house homeless people in England will reach almost 4bn

The cost to councils of providing temporary accommodation for homeless people in England is projected to more than double to almost 4bn by 2029-30, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said.

The national membership body for councils found that since 2017-18, local authorities across England had spent almost 1.5bn more on temporary accommodation (TA) than had been reimbursed in housing benefit from the government.