The number of Croydon families with young children who have become homeless has doubled in the past five years.
Shocking figures obtained by the Advertiser reveal the number of families, physically or mentally ill individuals and elderly people struggling to find a home in the borough.
There may be further problems ahead as radical welfare reform fuels Croydon families' fall into homelessness by capping benefits and delaying payments.
Last year almost 2,000 desperate families and single...
