Mould, overcrowding, poverty and lack of safe sleeping options like beds have contributed to the causes of death of children in temporary accommodation.
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Dame Siobhain McDonagh has said one death a month in the fifth largest economy is “shocking”.
The MP, who is Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Households in Temporary Accommodation, has been leading the reaction to the report.
Between April 2019 and March 2024, 74 children died whilst living in unsecure accommodation with this a factor alongside ill-health and other conditions.
The report states 38% of these deaths have come from “within non-white families”
27% of the UK population are in the “Black and Ethnic Minority (BAME) community” but the child mortality rate of those in temporary accommodation is 38%.
The Labour government has committed to review whether a ‘Decent Homes Standard’ needs to be introduced when it brings the Renters’ Right Reform Bill to Parliament.
Last year, the APPG successfully campaigned to get national guidance updated which states cots should be available to families who are homeless. Siobhan McDonagh says that “this guidance needs to be made law to ensure that deaths in temporary accommodation [sic] are zero”.
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Headline‘Shocking’ report shows child deaths in temporary accommodation across England, with 38% BAME
Short Headline74 children have died in temporary accommodation
Standfirst58 of out of the 74 deaths recorded in temporary accommodation between 2019 and 2024 were babies less than a 1 year old
Dame Siobhain McDonagh has said one death a month in the fifth largest economy is “shocking”.
The MP, who is Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Households in Temporary Accommodation, has been leading the reaction to the report.
Between April 2019 and March 2024, 74 children died whilst living in unsecure accommodation with this a factor alongside ill-health and other conditions.
The report states 38% of these deaths have come from “within non-white families”
27% of the UK population are in the “Black and Ethnic Minority (BAME) community” but the child mortality rate of those in temporary accommodation is 38%.
The Labour government has committed to review whether a ‘Decent Homes Standard’ needs to be introduced when it brings the Renters’ Right Reform Bill to Parliament.
Last year, the APPG successfully campaigned to get national guidance updated which states cots should be available to families who are homeless. Siobhan McDonagh says that “this guidance needs to be made law to ensure that deaths in temporary accommodation [sic] are zero”.
Data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government shows the number of households facing homelessness has peaked with more than 320,000 households at risk, with london being the worst hit.
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