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
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Rejected
Require Government strategy to end family placements in shared temporary accommodation within six weeks.
Recommendation
The Government’s forthcoming strategy on ending homelessness must set out a clear plan to end placements of families in temporary accommodation with shared facilities, starting by reducing and eliminating placements of over six weeks. (Recommendation, Paragraph 47) Out-of-area temporary accommodation
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Government Response Summary
The government rejected the recommendation to end placements of families in temporary accommodation with shared facilities, stating it does not agree such placements are never appropriate, but committed to reducing the use of emergency accommodation and eliminating B&Bs for families through the homelessness strategy and existing reduction pilots.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Conclusions (1)
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Conclusion
Rejected
We are also concerned that the Government’s decision to re-freeze Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates from April 2025 will undermine the impact of additional homelessness grant funding. We have seen compelling evidence that this is a false economy. Re-freezing LHA rates is likely to leave many families unable to afford …
Government Response Summary
The government justified its decision regarding Local Housing Allowance rates by outlining factors considered for 2025/26, reiterating its broader housing support spending, and highlighting other funding for homelessness prevention, implicitly rejecting the committee's concern about the re-freeze.