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Government announces there will be no decision on LHA caps or future funding of supported housing until "early in the autumn"
Blog posted by: Paul Anderson, Thursday, 21 July 2016.
Recently, for the second time in two weeks, the House of Commons debated the issue of the future funding of supported housing and the LHA caps, following an Opposition Day motion.
The debate was timely because, with our member agencies, we had been hoping that the Government would, by the end of the Parliamentary session (21st July) publish the long-awaited evidence review and their plans for taking the issue forward.
As you will see below, this did not happen.
The positives in the debate
The debate largely took place in a spirit of cross-party unity. 23 speakers all praised the work of supported housing. Most MPs spoke of excellent supported housing facilities in their constituencies. And some even stated that visiting these services was one of the most rewarding parts of their job. This consensus seemed to stretch to an agreement that reductions to the public purse could not take place at the cost of supported housing. Many highlighted the financial savings that investment in this type of accommodation makes. Finally a number of MPs pointed out the financial insecurity amongst both service users and providers which had been created by the delay.
The negatives in the debate
There was much frustration amongst MPs that the Review had still to report and that it would not be able to do so before the end of the Parliamentary session.
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