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4th Report - Tackling homelessness

Public Accounts Committee HC 352 Published 24 January 2025

Report Status

Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

38 items (18 recs)

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Government Response

AI assessment · 38 of 38 classified

Accepted 30

Accepted in Part 2

Acknowledged 2

Deferred 3

Not Addressed 1

Government response

Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Fourth report from Session 2024-25 · published 6 May 2025

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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

22 Recommendation Not Addressed

Freezing Local Housing Allowance rates amidst rising rents increases homelessness and evictions

Recommendation

It its written submission, Shelter made the case for permanently linking LHA rates to the real cost of renting. It suggested that freezing the LHA rate at a time of record rent increases would trap families in homelessness and 25 … Read more

Government Response Summary

The government states it agrees with the recommendation but merely provided a justification to the Committee for the current levels of Local Housing Allowance, rather than committing to link LHA rates to the real cost of renting as implicitly recommended.

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