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<p> </p><p>To assist public scrutiny, I have placed in the Library of the House, a
table showing homelessness acceptances due to loss of private sector tenancy, by local
authority, in each year from 2003 to 2013.</p><p>Data is not collected by Parliamentary
constituency. My Department does not publish statistics by the former government office
regions.</p><p>The dataset shows that under the last Administration, the average numbers
were higher than under this Administration, especially when taking account the changes
in the overall size to the private rented sector.</p><p>I would note that the rental
sector policies of HM Opposition would make the problem worse, by reducing the availability
of private rented accommodation, forcing up rents and discouraging investment in the
private rented sector. By contrast, this Government is increasing house building,
delivering £19.5 billion of investment in affordable housing, supporting billions
of private investment in new private rented accommodation, providing £470 million
to prevent and tackle all forms of homelessness, and avoiding the excessive regulation
which would harm the interests of tenants.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p>
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