Housing needs, homelessness and lettings

This chapter highlights the record levels of homeless households in temporary accommodation, and introduces two tables showing levels of homeless households in temporary accommodation in Scotland and Wales, to complement the similar table for England in the main compendium of tables. The chapter also discusses the 2004 Spending Reviews' increased investment for new affordable housing and the findings of the Barker Review.

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Figure 2.5.1	Nearly 130,000 homeless households in temporary accommodation
Table 2.5.1	Homeless households in temporary accommodation in Scotland
Table 2.5.2	Homeless households in temporary accommodation in Wales
Table 2.5.3	Population and household growth projections for England

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