Crawley borough council could be declaring a housing emergency due to extremely high demands for housing.

The local authority has said its annual costs for temporary accommodation have risen twelve-fold in the past five years to £5.7m.

Crawley Borough Council leader Michael Jones said: “We do not have the resources to solve the problem alone.”

The government said Crawley would get £2m between 2023 and 2025 through its Homelessness Prevention Grant.