the child protection system run by councils under signifcant strain, with an increasing number of families being investigated, more children in care and costs spiralling. welcome. this is a flat for one of our young people. a key area that the review says needs to change is what it calls the broken market in children s homes. bedrooms and the bathroom further down. these flats have recently been set up by hertfordshire county council because it was so tough to find places. the idea is it s for difficult to place young people to keep them within hertfordshire. they may struggle and have struggled in the past living within a group environment, whereas here they don t have that pressure. for this 15 year old, it s made a huge difference. it s really nice. it s my favourite colours. pink, i ve got a pink wall in the kitchen. i did you get to choose those colours? yeah, it makes me feel at home. but most children s homes are privately run, costing