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<p>Our veterans have played a vital role in keeping our country safe and we owe them
a duty to ensure they are provided with all the support they need.</p><p>The annual
Statutory Homeless Release for April 2019 to March 2020 showed that, of the total
number of households assessed as owed a homelessness duty, 0.7 per cent had a support
need relating to having served in Her Majesty’s armed forces.</p><p>The Homelessness
Reduction Act requires certain public authorities to refer members of the regular
forces in England they consider to be homeless or threatened with homelessness within
56 days to a local housing authority, with the individual’s consent. A person who
is vulnerable as a result of having been a member of Her Majesty’s regular armed forces
has a priority need for accommodation.</p>
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