// BBC UK NEWS — CRONACA
Children in temporary accommodation hits record high
Ronesha says being moved around has been very disruptive for her sons
The number of homeless children in England living in temporary accommodation has risen 5% in a year to 177,530, according to new government figures.
January to March saw the 18th quarterly increase in a row, although the number of children living in B&Bs has fallen.
Meanwhile, the total number of households in temporary accommodation increased by nearly 4% in a year, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged to introduce "the biggest council house-building programme since the postwar period".
Ronesha, 31, has been living in temporary accommodation with her two sons since 2024, after being made homeless following a no-fault eviction. She could not afford to rent privately and discovered that many social landlords wanted prospective tenants to have a guarantor.
The family was housed in a B&B for seven weeks - beyond the six-week limit - without proper cooking facilities or a fridge for her son's medication, she said, before being moved into their current accommodation.
"Living in temporary accommodation has taken a huge toll on my family," she said.
Ronesha, who lives in North London, is a registered carer for her younger child, who has type one diabetes and other complex needs. He has found the instability of being moved between temporary homes very difficult to cope with, she said.
His diabetes glucose monitor beeps in the night in the small flat, which wakes up her older son and has distracted him from his GCSE studies.