Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 9
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Bolstering preventative services must not underfund essential acute services like temporary accommodation.
Conclusion
We support the Government’s current stated intention to focus more on prevention to reduce the demand for more expensive acute services in the long term. These preventative services have been weakened by a decade of underfunding in local government. However, bolstering preventative services must not come at the expense of acute services, such as temporary accommodation provision, lacking the funding they need today. (Conclusion, Paragraph 48) 74
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 21 October 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗