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LGA responds to Shelter report on homelessness

Cllr Martin Tett, the Local Government Association’s Housing spokesman, responded to Shelter’s report on Homelessness

“Every individual instance of homelessness is a tragedy. Councils are doing all they can to help homeless people in their communities and prevent homelessness happening in the first place.

“Homelessness is spreading across the whole country and causing a huge challenge for councils, which are having to house the equivalent of an extra secondary school’s worth of homeless children in temporary accommodation every month. The net cost for councils of funding temporary accommodation has tripled in the last three years, which is disruptive for families and unsustainable for councils.

“Councils need more resources from government to help tackle homelessness - the upcoming Autumn Budget is an opportunity to take steps to adapt welfare reforms to ensure housing remains affordable for low-income families, and allow councils to borrow to invest in building genuinely affordable homes once more.”

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Original article link: https://www.local.gov.uk/about/news/lga-responds-shelter-report-homelessness

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