The National Housing Federation (NHF) wants the Government to clarify next April’s benefit cap rules amid concern that some 26,000 homeless families living in short-term ‘crisis homes’ leased by councils and housing associations could be forced into B&Bs or onto the streets.
The Federation highlights a 44% rise in B&B use nationwide in the first three months of 2012 compared to the same period last year – up from 2,750 to 3,960.
It also highlights that 2011 and 20...
