Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 12
5th Report - Housing Conditions in Temporary Accommodation
Published 22 Apr 2026
Addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
The government must ensure that there are effective sanctions in place for local authorities who repeatedly breach the six-week limit and who are not taking reasonable steps to eliminate their use of B&Bs by the end of the Parliament. The government should publicly name councils who are unwilling to take reasonable steps to eliminate their unlawful use of B&Bs. The government should introduce safeguards to prevent councils from using out-of-area placements or other types of shared accommodation as a way of meeting the government’s national target. (Recommendation, Paragraph 46)
From: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, 5th Report - Housing Conditions in Temporary Accommodation (HC 1831), 22 April 2026
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 24 June 2026 (deadline 22 June 2026).