310,000 children in overcrowded homes forced to share a bed with parents or siblings

Published by the National Housing Federation, this new report explores the impact overcrowding has on a family’s physical and mental health, wellbeing, daily lives and relationships.

This paper looks at the scale of overcrowding as measured in the English Housing Survey and the impact on families who deem themselves to be living in overcrowded conditions.

It also includes polling carried out by Savanta which reveals the detrimental impact that living in overcrowded conditions has on the health, wellbeing and daily lives of those affected: