These figures ones again underline the scale of London's housing crisis - a city where 1 in 50 residents are living in temporary accommodation, and more than 300,000 households are on social housing waiting lists.

Explore data on London's Poverty Profile: trustforlondon.org.uk/data/rough-s...

The number of women seen sleeping rough in London has also increased significantly - 2,149 in 2024/25, more than 3x higher than 2011/12.

Female homelessness is also significantly underreported, research by @shpcharity.bsky.social‬ & Solace Women's Aid shows.

The picture of rough sleeping is changing too.

In 2011/12, 71% of people seen sleeping rough in London were white - now a majority (53%) are from minoritised backgrounds.

27% of rough sleepers in the capital are Black- up from 15% 5 years ago.

Find out more about the campaign: www.fixthefivebasics.org

@z2ktrust.bsky.social ‪@advicenow.bsky.social‬ ‪@citizensuk.org,

The campaign will lead up to the May 2026 local elections.

We want to collaborate with local authorities for practical solutions, to make stays in temporary accommodation healthier, safer and better for everyone.

London councils are already spending £90 million a month on temporary accommodation.

But with many residents living without these most basic amenities, it’s time to demand better value for councils and for communities.

Grassroots organisations have been heading to town halls across the capital calling on local authorities to commit to ensuring all families in TA are able to do five basic things:

1️⃣ Cook a meal

2️⃣ Wash clothes

3️⃣ Get online

4️⃣ Safely store belongings

5️⃣ Understand their housing situation

2/2 A truly Fair Work Agency must reflect the realities of migrant workers—and commit to practical solutions that address their specific challenges. Inclusion, protection, and accountability must be at its core.

This will play out within boroughs, too, with deep inequality often on the same street.

Explore poverty and inequality for all of London's boroughs: bit.ly/3I8LYuT

This data illustrates how, in London, wealth and poverty sit side by side

Richmond, one of the most affluent parts of the city, borders with Hounslow, which has higher levels of poverty.

Across London as a whole, a majority of boroughs (20 out of 32) have significantly higher levels of poverty than the England average.

Only two have lower - Bromley and Richmond.

Lower levels of poverty are more often in London's outer boroughs - particularly in the Southern edges of the city.

Boroughs with higher levels of poverty are largely north of the river - especially in Inner and East London.

One in four Londoners are in poverty. This makes London the city with the highest poverty levels in England.

But even within the city, there is huge inequality - some of the wealthiest parts of the country, alongside some of the poorest.

At a time when millions of Londoners are struggling to get by, the cuts will only serve to push many - including hundreds of thousands of Disabled people - into impossible situations.