Londoners facing homelessness will benefit from a new £36.5 million funding package announced by the Government ahead of winter.
The money will be directed towards supporting families in temporary accommodation and helping them to cover essential costs such as food, school travel and laundry.
Officials said the cash aims to help children remain in education despite housing instability.
It comes after London boroughs revealed they were collectively spending a staggering £5.5 million a day to tackle homelessness.
The cost, up from £4.2 million a day in 2023/24, is mainly down to temporary accommodation and illustrates the dire state of the capital’s housing market.
New Homelessness Minister Alison McGovern told the Standard: “I am really furious about the impact that this is having on our kids.
“If you are a child in temporary accommodation and you can't do your homework properly because you haven't got the space that is going to have a limit on you for the rest of your life and it cannot go on… This urgent money is about trying to help make sure that families don't become homeless.
“But if they do, we can get them to a more stable situation as quickly as possible. The use of temporary accommodation at the moment is really bad for our kids.
“It's really bad for families and it's bad for taxpayers because it's so expensive as well. So this money is about making sure that we mobilise every possible opportunity to get families into more stable accommodation.”
Homelessness and rough sleeping are at record levels in England, with the number of households in temporary accommodation now two and a half times higher than in 2010.
Nearly 170,000 children are currently affected, according to official figures.
Roughly one in 21 children living in the capital are homeless.
London will receive £36.5 million a wider £84 million Government package being distributed to councils across England to help tackle the problem.
It adds to the £950 million to increase the supply of good temporary accommodation.
The money will enable councils to intervene earlier to prevent people from losing their homes and could also be used to provide specialist support for those who have been rough sleeping for long periods.
That includes mental health services and drug and alcohol treatment.
Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan has pledged to end rough sleeping in city by 2030, but figures show it is currently at record levels with more than 750 people regularly bedding down on the capital’s streets.
Sir Sadiq said: “I have always been clear that no one should have to sleep rough on our streets and this additional funding will support our Rough Sleeping Action Plan and work with London Councils to stop people becoming homelessness.
“I will continue to work closely with the Government, London Councils and partners to ensure those most in need receive the support they deserve as part of my commitment to putting London on a pathway to ending rough sleeping for good by 2030.”
