Impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) on homelessness and the private rented sector

Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 16 Apr 2020 Closed: 9 Jun 2021 Parliament page
The HCLG Committee has launched an inquiry into the Impact of Covid-19 (Coronavirus) on homelessness and the private rented sector. It will consider both the immediate and long-term impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the homeless, rough sleepers and those in the private rented sector. The Committee expects … Read more
18 Recommendations
8 Conclusions
2 Reports
6 Oral sessions
10 Letters
6 Events
Activity timeline 21 events
25 May
2021
Report published
31 Mar
2021
Report published
23 Mar
2021
Correspondence
23 Feb
2021
Correspondence
8 Feb
2021
Correspondence
5 Feb
2021
Correspondence
28 Jan
2021
Oral evidence
26 Jan
2021
Correspondence
19 Jan
2021
Correspondence
18 Jan
2021
Oral evidence
17 Dec
2020
Oral evidence
14 Dec
2020
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 6 sessions
28 Jan 2021
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Oral evidence
Eddie Hughes · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Penny Hobman · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
18 Jan 2021
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Oral evidence
Baroness Casey of Blackstock · Rough Sleeping Taskforce
17 Dec 2020
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Oral evidence
Abeo · NACCOM Fiona Colley · Homeless Link Henry St Clair Miller · NRPF Network Sam · NACCOM Steve Douglas · St Mungo's T · St Mungo's Tracy · St Mungo's
14 Dec 2020
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Oral evidence
Ben Beadle · National Residential Landlords' Association Ben Beadle · National Residential Landlords Association Cllr Rachel Blake · Local Government Association Dr Cecil Sagoe · Shelter Giles Peaker · Anthony Gold Solicitors Joe Lane · Citizens Advice Liz Davies · Housing Law Practitioners Association Simon Mullings · Housing Law Practitioners Association
29 Jun 2020
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Oral evidence
Caitlin Wilkinson · Generation Rent Chris Norris · National Residential Landlords Association Ruth Ehrlich · Liberty
11 May 2020
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Formal evidence; Oral evidence
Jamie Carswell · London Councils John Hall · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Jon Sparkes · Crisis Luke Hall · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Recommendations & Conclusions
4 results
Clear
1 Conclusion Acknowledged
Sixth Report - Protecting the home…
We recognise the enormous success of the early stages of the Everyone In programme, made...
We recognise the enormous success of the early stages of the Everyone In programme, made possible through cross-sector collaboration, substantial funding, and joint working towards a clear goal.
Government Response
The government acknowledges the committee's conclusion by explicitly recognising the enormous success of the early stages of the Everyone In programme, made possible through cross-sector collaboration, substantial funding, and joint working towards a clear goal.
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7 Conclusion Acknowledged
Sixth Report - Protecting the home…
We recognise the enormous success of the early stages of the Everyone In programme, made...
We recognise the enormous success of the early stages of the Everyone In programme, made possible through cross-sector collaboration, substantial funding and joint working towards a clear goal.
Government Response
The government acknowledges the committee's conclusion by explicitly recognising the enormous success of the early stages of the Everyone In programme, attributed to cross-sector collaboration, substantial funding, and joint working towards a clear goal.
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13 Recommendation Acknowledged
Sixth Report - Protecting the home…
We recommend that the Government creates a cross-Government task force to resolve the conflict between...
We recommend that the Government creates a cross-Government task force to resolve the conflict between the commitment to end rough sleeping and the current policy on the no recourse to public funds condition. This will require collecting data on the … Read more
Government Response
The government acknowledges the need for cross-government collaboration and states the Department will be working with partners, including the Home Office, to address rough sleeping and immigration policy. This will build on existing efforts like the Rough Sleeping Support Service, but they do not commit to creating a new task force with specific deadlines.
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26 Recommendation Acknowledged
Sixth Report - Protecting the home…
We reiterate our offer to conduct pre-legislative scrutiny of the Renters’ Reform Bill, should the...
We reiterate our offer to conduct pre-legislative scrutiny of the Renters’ Reform Bill, should the Government choose to publish the Bill in draft. (Paragraph 99) 40 Protecting the homeless and the private rented sector: MHCLG’s response to Covid-19
Government Response
The government reaffirms its commitment to the Renters' Reform Bill, including abolishing Section 21 evictions, and states it will work with sector voices and welcomes the Committee's views in due course, but does not explicitly accept the offer of pre-legislative scrutiny or commit to publishing a draft bill.
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Government Response AI assessment · 26 of 18 classified
Accepted 11
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 4
Deferred 3
Not Addressed 3
Rejected 4
Total 18 recs + 8 conclusions
Correspondence 10 letters
23 Mar 2021 To committee Letter from the Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing to the Chair dated 17 March 2021 following up his appearance before the Committee on 28 January
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23 Feb 2021 To committee Letter from the National Residential Landlords Association to the Chair dated 9 February 2021 concerning the impact of Covid-19 on homelessness and the private rented sector
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8 Feb 2021 To committee Letter from the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to the Chair dated 29 January 2021 concerning priority vaccinations for homelessness staff
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5 Feb 2021 To committee Letter from the Chair to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Rough Sleeping and Housing dated 4 February 2021 following up his appearance before the Committee on 28 January
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26 Jan 2021 To committee Letter from the Chair to the Secretaries of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, and Health and Social Care dated 25 January 2021 concerning priority vaccinations for homelessness staff
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19 Jan 2021 To committee Letter from the Minister for Housing to the Chair dated 8 January 2021 concerning protections for renters during lockdown
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8 Jul 2020 To committee Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Housing dated 8 July 2020 concerning the impact of COVID-19 on homelessness and the private rented sector
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9 Jun 2020 To committee Letter from the Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing to the Chair dated 3 June concerning numbers of rough sleepers accommodated during the COVID-19 pandemic
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5 Jun 2020 To committee Letter from the Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing to the Chair dated 26 May 2020 concerning his appearance before the Committee on 11 May
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2 Jun 2020 To committee Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing dated 2 June 2020 concerning estimated numbers of rough sleepers in emergency accomodation
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