From Media Newswire:

Measures to prevent people from becoming homeless are getting results in Swansea. The number of households in priority housing need has fallen from 984 in 2005 to 873 in 2006. The average number of days households spend in temporary accommodation has also fallen during the last year from 74 days in 2005/6 to the current figure of 54 days. The total number of people using B&B accommodation has also fallen by 63% over the last 12 months. In addition there are currently no families in B&B accommodation. There are only currently 18 single people in such accommodation.

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