More than 100,000 households live in temporary accommodation, and overhalf of these are in the capital but there is no collective fund forsupport services.
The London Children's Policy Forum, made up of charities Barnardo's,NSPCC, NCH, The Children's Society, Centrepoint, London Play, FamilyWelfare Association and Save the Children, lobbied for the services atthe Greater London Assembly.
John Reacroft, children's services manager at Barnardo's Families inTemporary Accommodation project, said cross-London support services wereimportant because families are often placed in accommodation away fromtheir home borough.
"Boroughs like Newham and Barking take people from Westminster, andpeople from Kensington and Chelsea go to Enfield so they are cut offfrom their usual support networks," he added.
Georgina Passmore, a 15-year-old who has been living in temporaryaccommodation for eight months, said: "It's very hard if you are movingabout to guarantee you will be in school all the time."
A spokesman for the Association of London Government said localauthorities were trying to create stable communities so homelessfamilies did not have to move so frequently.
