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LGSCO announces Croydon Council to review overcrowding management

Published on: 23 June 2022

Published by LNB News

LNB News 23/06/2022

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Issue Date: 23 June 2022

Published Date: 23 June 2022

Jurisdiction(s): England

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The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) has announced that the London Borough of Croydon has agreed to review the way it handles homeless families in temporary accommodation following a complaint which the LGSCO upheld. The complaint was filed by a mother who had been living in a bedsit with her four children throughout the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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