Nearly 2,000 families are living in B&Bs, which typically have shared kitchen and bathroom facilities, and the Commissioner estimates that around 90,000 children are living in families who are sofa-surfing.
Citizens Advice is calling for measures to ensure that vulnerable people and low-income families are not pushed into financial hardship as a result of the outbreak.
Child Poverty Action Group is urging the Government to protect children in low-income families facing extra financial pressure and the loss of free school meals.
Mental health organisations are calling for an independent inquiry into the deaths of vulnerable people who rely on support from the social security system.
A plan for prosperity must include fixes to the fundamental design flaws and funding shortfalls that have left Universal Credit unfit for purpose, says Child Poverty Action Group.
A working mother has been given permission for a judicial review of Universal Credit childcare provisions after she was forced to reduce her working hours and into debt over childcare costs while on Universal Credit.