New research which reveals that more than one in ten children in England are living in overcrowded homes, while hundreds of thousands are in temporary accommodation, highlights the impact of the housing crisis on families.
According to a report, Overcrowding in England, from the National Housing Federation, which represents housing associations in England, around 1.3 million children from more than 600,000 families are stuck in overcrowded homes because there is nowhere else for them to live. This is an increase of around 96,000 children compared to a decade ago.
Homes are said to be overcrowded if a child has to share their bedroom with two or more other children, sleep in the same room as their parents, or share with a teenager of the opposite sex.
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