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In the final episode of the series, Vicky explores the sharp end of the housing crisis.
Visiting Birmingham, we hear from a single mother living in cramped temporary accommodation, sleeping in one bed with her three children.
We explore how and why this type of homelessness has escalated in Britain, pulling in more and more families with children.
We trace the roots of the crisis to a failure by successive governments to build social housing and explore whether that record is now being turned around. And the director of Crisis tells us why his charity is buying property to become a housing provider for the first time in its history.
In concluding the series we take stock of the challenges we've explored and present ideas on how to make things better.
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