Written question WQ87416
- Asked by
- Janet Finch-SaundersConservative
- To be answered by
- Minister for Climate Change
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 8 days
Question
What action is the Minister taking to manage the use of temporary accommodation for families on social housing waiting lists?
Answer
Answered by Minister for Climate Change
Our Ending Homelessness Action Plan sets out our medium to long term goal to reduce our dependency on temporary accommodation for all groups as part of our transformational shift to a rapid rehousing approach.
At the current time, local authorities are using a variety of temporary accommodation including social and private rented sector accommodation as well as hotels and B&Bs to ensure no-one is forced to sleep rough. Wherever possible, local authorities avoid using hotels and B&Bs for families with children.
To support local authorities with move-on, we have established a £65m Transitional Accommodation Capital Programme (TACP) to increase good quality longer term accommodation to support people to move on from temporary accommodation more quickly.