Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 17
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 ministry must update the statutory guidance to make clear that placing families in accommodation where the need to share facilities with single male adults is not suitable and should work with councils to bring such placements to an end. (Recommendation, Paragraph 56) Lack of basic facilities and furnishings
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).