4th Report - Tackling homelessness

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 352 24 January 2025
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 38 items (18 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 38 of 38 classified)
Accepted 30
Accepted in Part 2
Acknowledged 2
Deferred 3
Not Addressed 1
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Fourth report from Session 2024-25 · published 6 May 2025
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22 Recommendation Not Addressed
Freezing Local Housing Allowance rates amidst rising rents increases homelessness and evictions
Recommendation
It its written submission, Shelter made the case for permanently linking LHA rates to the real cost of renting. It suggested that freezing the LHA rate at a time of record rent increases would trap families in homelessness and 25 … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government states it agrees with the recommendation but merely provided a justification to the Committee for the current levels of Local Housing Allowance, rather than committing to link LHA rates to the real cost of renting as implicitly recommended.
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