CYP Now and the Bryn Melyn Group Foundation commissioned research agency QA Research to find out in a study to coincide with National Care Leavers' Week 2008. Joe Lepper reports.
HOUSING
"The windows were rotten and there was a wasps' nest, which took ages to be sorted out and cost £50" - Female, 21
What needs to change?
No council should be allowed to place a care leaver in a hostel, bed-and-breakfast or lodgings. They know the birthdays of young people in care, so it should be no surprise when the time comes for them to leave it. Councils should use their control of local housing to better plan accommodation and provide care leavers with a choice of different accommodation, which offers varying degrees of independence.
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