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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-09-04more like thismore than 2019-09-04
answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
answering dept id 7 more like this
answering dept short name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
answering dept sort name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
hansard heading Private Rented Housing: Vulnerable Adults more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2019 to Question 240482, how many vulnerable people the Private Rented Sector Access Fund has helped to access and sustain tenancies in the private sector. more like this
tabling member constituency Birmingham, Selly Oak more like this
tabling member printed
Steve McCabe more like this
uin 286625 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-09-09more like thismore than 2019-09-09
answer text <p>On 1 March 2019 we announced the allocation of £19.5 million to directly fund 66 local authorities through the Private Rented Sector Access Fund.</p><p>Reported outcomes show that as of the end of June 2019, we have supported 1,090 households.</p><p>This fund is just one of a range of housing support measures that the Government has put in place:</p><ul><li>In September 2017 the Government announced the Homelessness Advice and Support Team (HAST), a team of expert advisers that provides support and assistance to improve homelessness services.</li><li>Government is funding the £40 million London Collaboration Project, which aims at increasing collaboration between London boroughs in the procurement of temporary accommodation for households at risk of homelessness, this will be delivered through the creation of the local government owned company, Capital Letters.</li><li>The Flexible Homelessness Support Grant has allocated £617 million to local authorities over 3 years from 2017/18 to 2019/20, giving them more control and flexibility in managing homelessness pressures.</li><li>We have provided £72.7 million in new burdens funding for local authorities to implement the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.</li><li>The Homelessness Reduction Act, the most ambitious reform to homelessness legislation in decades, came into force on 3rd April 2018.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate more like this
answering member printed Luke Hall more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-09-09T12:50:33.547Zmore like thismore than 2019-09-09T12:50:33.547Z
answering member
4450
label Biography information for Luke Hall more like this
tabling member
298
label Biography information for Steve McCabe more like this