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The number of households living in temporary accommodation in England has hit its highest level since at least 1998, according to official data. Close to 105,000 households were living in temporary accommodation such as a hostel or a room in a shared house in the first quarter of 2023, up 10% from the same period last year, and the highest number since the government started keeping records 25 years ago, the UK housing department said Tuesday. Local authorities in England have a duty to provide accommodation for households that have become “unintentionally homeless.” While authorities process a household’s application for housing, they often provide temporary accommodation. The number of households classed as homeless and who needed accommodation as a priority for example, families with children rose 20% in the first three months of the year compared with the same period in 2022, the data also showed. In addition, there were almost 38,000 households at risk of becoming homeless,