Homeless families are in in 'desperate crisis' and ‘close to breakdown’ , says report

A new report has detailed how families with children, including newborns and those with life-threatening illnesses, have been existing in one night only accommodation due to the homeless crisis and how many are “close to breakdown”.

The Report on the Lived Experiences of Homeless Families by the Mercy Law Resource Centre (MLRC), an independent law centre and registered charity, found that it had to intervene on behalf of clients in the most desperate circumstances, including a family who could not store medication for their sick child for six weeks because they had no access to a fridge and a mother-of-six discharged back into one night only accommodation with a baby.