Massive drop in homeless families living at city hotels

IT COST COUNCIL £6.7M LAST YEAR

- By JOE LOCKER Local democracy reporter

THE number of homeless families living in temporary hotel accommodation for more than six weeks has been reduced from 180 to one.

Soaring homelessness costs is one of the primary reasons behind Nottingham City Council's financial troubles, particularly amid the cost of living crisis.

Costs related to the use of temporary accommodation, which includes hotels and bed and breakfasts, reached highs of £6.7m last year, outstripping the council's £4m budget for the problem. However the Labour-led authority now says it has managed to reduce the number of homeless families put up in hotel accommodation for longer than six weeks by a "remarkable" amount.