Bed and breakfast hotels (B&Bs)

Bed & Breakfast Hotels (B&Bs) are commercially run establishments with minimal facilities, often with shared cooking facilities or no cooking facilities at all. B&Bs have been frequently used in the past by local authorities to place homeless families and other homeless people who are in "priority need" whilst the local authority investigates their circumstances or whilst they are waiting for suitable alternative accommodation to become available. B&Bs often have low standards of safety, cleanliness, privacy and security. Charges are per night and technically include the provision of breakfast although it is often not provided. Charges made by B&Bs are usually set at the maximum amount that an individual is entitled to through the state benefits system, which can mean that they are too expensive for people in low waged jobs. This keyword lists resources about B&Bs, living standards and reducing the use of B&Bs for housing homeless people.

Titlesort icon Author Publisher Year
Bed and Breakfast - The Way Forward Shelter Shelter 2001
Bed and Breakfast: Unfit Housing for Young People Centrepoint Centrepoint 2005
Briefing: Alternatives to Bed and Breakfast: An Overview of Practice in Scotland Shelter Scotland Shelter Scotland 2005
Do My Kids Have to Live Like This Forever?: The Lives of Homeless Families and Children in London Reacroft, John Barnardo's 2005
Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) Order 2003 The Stationery Office (TSO) The Stationery Office (TSO) 2003
Homelessness and B&B: The Case for Legislation in Wales Shelter Cymru Shelter Cymru 2004
Housing Associations and Homelessness Briefing Communities and Local Government Communities and Local Government 2003
Improving Standards of Accommodation for Homeless Households Placed in Temporary Accommodation Communities and Local Government Communities and Local Government 2003
Life Chances in Britain by Housing Wealth and for the Homeless and Vulnerably Housed Shaw, M, Dorling D and Brimblecombe, N Pion Ltd 1999
Lives on Hold: Homeless Families Sawtell, Mary Maternity Alliance 2002
More than a Roof: A Report into Tackling Homelessness Communities and Local Government Communities and Local Government 2003
More than a Roof: Progress in Tackling Homelessness National Audit Office The Stationery Office 2005
No Room to Play: Children and Homelessness - Shelter's Submission to the Spending Review Shelter Shelter 2002
Policy Briefing 3: Bed and Breakfast Communities and Local Government Communities and Local Government 2003
Policy Briefing 8: Improving the Quality of Hostels and Other Forms of Temporary Accommodation Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Communities and Local Government 2004
Private Tenants' Rights to Fire Safety Shelter Shelter 2000
Reducing B&B Use and Tackling Homelessness - What's Working Communities and Local Government Communities and Local Government 2003
Rural Homelessness: Experiences of Homeless Pregnant Women and New Families in Rural Areas Sawtell, Mary Maternity Alliance 2002
Single Homeless People Kemp, I and Quilgars, D Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) 1993
The Faces of Homelessness in London Moore, J, Canter, D, Stockley, D and Drake, M Ashgate 1995