The use of unregulated accommodation for under 18s in care should be banned, the Children’s Commissioner’s Office has said following an investigation into vulnerable children in care living in semi-independent accommodation.
The change would see all children in care who need a residential placement housed in accommodation regulated under the same standards as children’s homes, and would put an end to 16 and 17-year-olds being placed in bedsits, hostels and caravans.
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