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'We eat on the floor': Inside the guesthouse where everyone is homeless

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Five-year-old Habibah , five , and her brother Hameef share a small room in a guesthouse in east London .

They were made homeless after a 'no-fault eviction' eviction by a landlord without giving a reason.

Redbridge Council wants the family to move to a three-hour alternative accommodation in West Bromwich , in the west Midlands.

Councils in England spent more than 1bn on temporary accommodation in 2023-24 .

A record 117,450 households in short-term housing, including more than 150,000 children.

Redbridge Council says it spent 52 m on temporary housing last year , a figure they describe as staggering’ and simply unsustainable’.

VR Score

66

Informative language

57

Neutral language

87

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

36

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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