This Guardian investigation reports that at least 104 children in England have died over a six-year period in which living in temporary accommodation was identified as a contributing factor, raising urgent concerns about the safety of emergency housing for homeless families.
It finds that most of the children were infants, and that many of the deaths were linked to poor-quality housing conditions and systemic failures in the homelessness system, prompting calls for urgent reform and stronger protections for families placed in temporary accommodation.