More than 4,500 primary school classes worth of children are spending the summer holidays in accommodation such as hotels, LGA analysis of latest homelessness statistics from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) by the LGA estimates.
The body also warns that the current cost-of-living crisis could increase the number of families with children presenting as homeless.
Latest figures for England show there are 119,840 children living in temporary accommodation, including 1,700 households with children in bed and breakfasts.
The LGA said the number of children who will be spending the summer holidays in temporary accommodation “reinforces the urgent need to ensure building of more affordable homes to rent and has set out a plan of further action the government can take to prevent further homelessness”.
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