An all-party parliamentary group in England has found that temporary accommodation (emergency housing provided by local councils to homeless families) contributed to the deaths of 104 children over six years, with 76 of those deaths involving infants under one year old. Separately, new data collected by Oxford University researchers found that at least 91 babies who died in 2024 were born to mothers living in such accommodation, while a parliamentary committee concluded that many of these facilities are "unfit for human habitation," lacking cooking facilities and safe spaces for children. Campaigners and health experts warn that the figures represent a preventable crisis affecting an estimated 176,000 children currently housed in temporary accommodation across England, and are calling on the government to strengthen inspections, enforce housing standards, and urgently reduce reliance on the system.