A BBC investigation has found councils in Sussex and Surrey are using unregulated accommodation.
Surrey, East and West Sussex and Brighton and Hove councils are among 50 local authorities continuing to use unregulated accommodationChildren in care in Surrey and Sussex are being housed in illegal homes amid a severe shortage of placements, a BBC investigation has found.
Unregulated accommodation in West Sussex consisted of "council properties, private rental or hotel accommodation with 24 hour care staff", the spokesperson said. Unregulated accommodation was only used when other placements could not be found and they moved children into suitable alternative accommodation as soon as possible, they said.
Naz, a foster carer in Brighton and Hove, said the children she looked after would often hide food as they thought "just because you fed them last night doesn't mean you're going to feed them again tonight".
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