The Local Government Association said action is needed as latest government figures show that 127,240 children are living in temporary accommodation.
This is the equivalent of 450 primary schools’ worth of homeless children and includes 1,440 families with children in bed and breakfast accommodation, the LGA has warned.
The current lockdown, involving the closure of schools for most pupils, heightens the need for policies and funding aimed at reducing the number of homeless children, it added.
The organisation, which represents councils across England, wants to see local authorities given greater powers through compulsory purchase orders to acquire empty homes to house families forced to live in temporary accommodation.
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