Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
1st Report - England’s Homeless Children: The crisis in temporary accommodation
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
HC 338
Published 3 April 2025
Recommendations
19
Accepted in Part
Publish the strategy on ending homelessness by July 2025 and provide quarterly updates.
Recommendation
The Group should publish its final output, a strategy on ending homelessness, by July 2025—before the summer recess—so that the Government, homelessness organisations, and local authorities have sufficient time to start implementing the strategy and making meaningful progress towards ending …
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Government Response Summary
The government commits to publishing the homelessness strategy later this year, but defers a review of the Inter-Ministerial Group's purpose until after publication, not committing to ongoing quarterly meetings or updates. It also highlights current funding increases and legislative progress on related issues.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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24
Accepted in Part
Ensure social and genuinely affordable housing comprises a substantial proportion of the 1.5 million homes target.
Recommendation
The Government clearly recognises the scale of the homelessness crisis in England, and we welcome the scale of the Government’s ambition to tackle it. We welcome the Government’s target to deliver 1.5 million new homes during this Parliament, however, as …
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Government Response Summary
The government committed to significantly increasing social and affordable housing, with a particular focus on Social Rent homes, backed by an additional £2.8 billion investment, and will outline actions in the forthcoming long-term housing strategy, though it has not yet set a specific affordable housing target.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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