Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 8
8
Accepted
National homelessness prevention strategies remain limited, delaying support for vulnerable families.
Conclusion
In its written submission, the Shared Health Foundation emphasised that, aside from plans to build more houses, national prevention strategies for all forms of homelessness remain limited. It claimed that many families facing homelessness are told by local authorities to wait until their eviction date before being provided with emergency support, because of a lack of viable preventive measures.12
Government Response Summary
The government agrees and committed to sending its plans by April 2025 for incentivising local authorities to improve their homelessness prevention duties.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: April 2025 The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) wrote to the Committee alongside this Treasury Minute with its plans for incentivising local authorities to improve their homelessness prevention duties.