More than 300,000 children sharing beds due to overcrowding - report

NHF chief executive Kate Henderson said overcrowded homes"can have a devastating impact on a child's self-esteem, wellbeing, and future life changes, as well as affecting family relationships and making it harder for parents to nurture their child's growth".

She added:"Overcrowding is a direct result of our broken housing system, caused by underfunding by successive governments and a failure to prioritise building new homes for people on low incomes. "As a country, we are failing these families and these children and this must stop. We need an urgent, long-term, national plan aimed at drastically increasing the number of affordable and social homes across England."

A spokesperson for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities said:"It's unacceptable for anyone to be living in an overcrowded home and councils have a duty to find people living in these conditions somewhere fit for purpose. "To ease pressures, we are increasing the supply of affordable housing. Our £11.5bn Affordable Homes Programme will deliver thousands of affordable homes for both rent and to buy right across the country."

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