Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons he has proposed the introduction of different systems to fund short-term and long-term supported housing.

The Department does not hold figures for the number in short-term versus long-term supported housing.

The short-term model was designed to ensure that funding for short-term supported accommodation is compatible with the modernised welfare system. We have not changed the funding model for long-term supported housing, which remains in the welfare system.

It reduces administrative burdens for providers in managing claims for housing costs and collecting rent. It also frees residents from concerns about meeting housing costs at a difficult point in their lives.

This model was designed with input from a range of stakeholders and providers through task and finish groups, the 2016 consultation on supported housing and taking account of the joint Communities and Local Government and Work and Pensions Select Committee report.