In the decade to 2024-25, councils net TA cost rose by 370 per cent from £0.4 billion to £1.4 billion. 4 FIGURE 3: Councils’ net temporary accommodation costs have increased more than three-fold in the last decade Annual real spending on temporary accommodation provision by local authorities (2024-25 prices): England £3.0bn TA costs met from councils own budgets TA costs met through external income £2.5bn £1.4bn £2.0bn £1.5bn £0.4bn £1.0bn £1.4bn £0.5bn £0.9bn £0 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022...