Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what additional support he will offer to local authorities on reducing (a) levels of homelessness and (b) the number of people in temporary accomodation.

The Government is committed to reducing the need for temporary accommodation by preventing homelessness before it occurs. Local authorities have received funding through the Homelessness Prevention Grant in 2022-23, giving them the support to prevent homelessness and help more people sooner and deliver their statutory duties to prevent homelessness and provide temporary accommodation where required. Local authorities can use this flexibly to meet their homelessness and rough sleeping strategies - for example, to offer financial support for people to find a new home and to work with landlords to prevent evictions, among other preventative measures.