BBC Wales uses insights in report on temporary accommodation

The Bevan Foundation’s recent work on temporary accommodation was used to support a BBC Wales news story which was featured online, and on TV and radio.

Insights from our report Nowhere to call home: living in temporary accommodation were used to illustrate the record levels living in this limbo, accounting for one in every 215 households and six in every 1,000 children.

These numbers clearly evidence the human cost to our housing emergency. Our Head of Policy (Poverty), Steffan Evans was also interviewed for the piece and took the opportunity to make links to our most recent work on the shortage of social homes.

Steffan highlighted that the percentage of social homes as the total of the housing stock had almost halved in 40 years. “We know that the Welsh government has got its 20,000 affordable homes target… but that target can’t be the end, we need to go further than that,” he said.

The news piece told the powerful story of Charmaine who now lives in a shared recovery-focused house run by homeless charity, The Wallich. This year will be her fourth Christmas in temporary accommodation.

Charmaine, from Carmarthenshire, said: “I was hoping to put up my own Christmas tree this year. I just want somewhere to call home – that’s what everyone deserves, isn’t it?”

To find out more the Bevan Foundation’s appeal which aims to give the hope of home this Christmas, please follow this link.