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star this property date less than 2019-09-02more like thismore than 2019-09-02
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
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star this property answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
star this property hansard heading Kashmir: Telecommunications more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on residents of the Indian Government’s communications lockdown in Kashmir. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency East Ham more like this
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Stephen Timms remove filter
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star this property date of answer less than 2019-09-05more like thismore than 2019-09-05
star this property answer text <p>We are following the serious situation in Kashmir closely and are concerned about the restrictions on communications. Respect for individual rights and constructive dialogue with affected communities is important. We have raised these concerns with the Indian Government. On 7 August the Foreign Secretary discussed this issue with his Indian counterpart Dr Jaishankar. The Prime Minister has also discussed the situation in Kashmir with both PM Modi of India and PM Imran Khan of Pakistan.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency South Derbyshire remove filter
star this property answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler more like this
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less than 2019-09-05T13:57:36.007Zmore like thismore than 2019-09-05T13:57:36.007Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms more like this
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star this property date less than 2019-07-09more like thismore than 2019-07-09
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property answering dept id 7 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property hansard heading Temporary Accommodation more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Justlife's report or April 2018, Lifting the Lid on Hidden Homelessness: A New Analysis and its estimate that over 51,500 homeless households are living in bed and breakfast accommodation in England, if he will make an assessment of the accuracy of that estimate; and if he will make a statement. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency East Ham more like this
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Stephen Timms remove filter
unstar this property uin 275094 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2019-07-15more like thismore than 2019-07-15
star this property answer text <p>The ‘Lifting the Lid on Hidden Homelessness’ report asked local authorities for the number of tenants claiming housing benefit for bed and breakfast in a financial year. The MHCLG experimental statistics on statutory homelessness record the stock of households in temporary accommodation (including bed and breakfast) at the end of each quarter who are owed a homelessness duty. The 51,500 figure in the Justlife report includes anyone who has spend any time in bed and breakfast accommodation over the financial year, however short. MHCLG figures for the 2015/16 financial year are shown below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Number of households in bed and breakfast hotels 2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Q3</p></td><td><p>5,910</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Q4</p></td><td><p>5,120</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>Q1</p></td><td><p>5,960</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Q2</p></td><td><p>6,490</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why we have made a manifesto commitment to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and end it altogether by 2027, placing a priority on preventing people from becoming homeless in the first place.</p><p>Last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy. This sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p>
star this property answering member constituency South Derbyshire remove filter
star this property answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler more like this
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less than 2019-07-15T15:49:58.87Zmore like thismore than 2019-07-15T15:49:58.87Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms more like this
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star this property date less than 2019-07-09more like thismore than 2019-07-09
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property answering dept id 7 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property hansard heading Temporary Accommodation more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to collect data on households living in unsupported temporary accommodation who are homeless and not currently included in official homelessness statistics. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency East Ham more like this
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Stephen Timms remove filter
unstar this property uin 275095 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2019-07-15more like thismore than 2019-07-15
star this property answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why we have made a manifesto commitment to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and end it altogether by 2027, placing a priority on preventing people from becoming homeless in the first place.</p><p>Last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy. This sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p><p><br> The Homelessness Reduction Act (HRA) brings more people such as single homeless households into scope to receive assistance from their local authority. These households were not assisted or reported through the old P1E collection, until the end of March 2018. The HRA has placed additional duties on local authorities to work to prevent and relieve homelessness for all eligible homeless applicants and to secure interim/permanent accommodation for those in priority need. The Department’s new case level data collection system, H-CLIC, since April 2018 includes information on households whose homelessness has been prevented and relieved, as well as those currently in different types of temporary accommodation, including bed and breakfast accommodation and hostels. This data can be found online here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-homelessness&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCatherine.Barham%40communities.gov.uk%7Ce6d2de6e6066400e9b7208d70560a8f4%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C636983785025299486&amp;sdata=4o4VNejDER%2B7hW4HXY68ZzNpg28qf%2F1%2FnnNwU4ym%2F9g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness</a></p>
star this property answering member constituency South Derbyshire remove filter
star this property answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler more like this
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less than 2019-07-15T15:51:15.58Zmore like thismore than 2019-07-15T15:51:15.58Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms more like this
1137802
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star this property date less than 2019-07-09more like thismore than 2019-07-09
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property answering dept id 7 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property hansard heading Homelessness more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 1.6 on page 14 of the National Audit Office's report of Session 2017-18, Homelessness, published on 13 September 2017, what steps his Department is taking to tackle concerns raised in that report that his Department’s measures of homelessness do not capture its full extent; and if he will make a statement. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency East Ham more like this
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Stephen Timms remove filter
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star this property date of answer less than 2019-07-15more like thismore than 2019-07-15
star this property answer text <p>Measuring “hidden homelessness” is a complex issue. It will always be difficult by its nature – people are often not in contact with services, and it is challenging to establish everything that is going on in people’s lives. <br> <br> The Department does collect information on overcrowding and on concealed households (usually defined as single adults or groups of adults, with or without children, who occupy the accommodation with, but do not belong to, the household reference person’s family unit) through the English Housing Survey. Additional information is being collected through this survey to identify people who have experienced homelessness. <br> <br> The Homelessness Reduction Act brings more people such as single homeless households into scope to receive assistance from their local authority. These households were not assisted or reported through the old P1E collection, until the end of March 2018. Details on these non-priority need, single households often living with friends and family have been captured through the Department’s new case level data collection system, Homelessness Case Level Information Collection (H-CLIC), since April 2018. This data can be found online here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness</a><br> <br> The new data collection system, H-CLIC, captures information on households approaching for and receiving homelessness assistance, household demographics and the circumstances surrounding their homelessness. This includes any support needs of the homeless household. In time it will enable MHCLG to monitor repeat homelessness where people come back to services. It will help identify more detail on the circumstances of households vulnerable to homelessness and the interventions that are successful in preventing homelessness in the first place.</p>
star this property answering member constituency South Derbyshire remove filter
star this property answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler more like this
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less than 2019-07-15T15:52:35.497Zmore like thismore than 2019-07-15T15:52:35.497Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms more like this
1137803
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star this property date less than 2019-07-09more like thismore than 2019-07-09
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property answering dept id 7 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property hansard heading Temporary Accommodation more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to collate statistics on the number of families who are not owed a statutory duty by a local authority but are living temporarily in bed and breakfast accommodation, private hostels, short-stay houses of multiple occupancy or guesthouses. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency East Ham more like this
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Stephen Timms remove filter
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star this property date of answer less than 2019-07-15more like thismore than 2019-07-15
star this property answer text <p>The Homelessness Reduction Act brings more people into scope to receive assistance from their local authority. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period. A household who has become homeless unintentionally and contains dependent children is considered to be priority need and a local authority has a duty to secure accommodation for these households. A household may have to spend time in temporary accommodation before a final offer of accommodation is made. Details on these priority need, households with children have been captured through the Department’s new case level data collection system, H-CLIC, since April 2018. This data can be found online here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-homelessness&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Cf33bb7fde4d64dbf9d4908d7090dc500%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C636987827045950319&amp;sdata=Y4MFkZodKHSJdNri9IPkv0lKh8RaQ4zyOptLtL5M88o%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness</a></p>
star this property answering member constituency South Derbyshire remove filter
star this property answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler more like this
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less than 2019-07-15T14:45:53.957Zmore like thismore than 2019-07-15T14:45:53.957Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler more like this
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star this property date less than 2019-06-25more like thismore than 2019-06-25
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property answering dept id 7 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property hansard heading Temporary Accommodation more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to reduce the number of households living temporarily in bed and breakfasts, private hostels, short-stay houses of multiple occupancy and guesthouses. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency East Ham more like this
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Stephen Timms remove filter
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star this property date of answer less than 2019-07-01more like thismore than 2019-07-01
star this property answer text <p>Tackling homelessness is a priority for this Government. We are already undertaking a significant programme of work backed by £1.2 billion in funding, to tackle homelessness. This includes supporting local authorities with implementing the landmark Homelessness Reduction Act, increasing access to the private rented sector for families in temporary accommodation and supporting London boroughs to procure more efficiently.</p><p>The Government has targeted funding streams focused on reducing the number of households in temporary accommodation. For example, we recently launched the £20 million Private Rented Sector (PRS) Access Fund which funds schemes targeting families who are or at risk of homelessness and supporting them to access and sustain PRS accommodation.</p><p>This Government has been clear that the long term use of bed and breakfast accommodation for families with children is both inappropriate and unlawful and we are determined to stop this practice. Our Homelessness Advice and Support Team, drawn from local authorities and the homelessness sector, have provided support to help local authorities to end the placement of families in bed and breakfast accommodation for more than 6 weeks.</p><p>We are working with other government departments to assess what more can be done to address the number of people in temporary accommodation. This work is being overseen by the Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Ministerial Taskforce.</p><p> </p>
star this property answering member constituency South Derbyshire remove filter
star this property answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler more like this
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less than 2019-07-01T15:13:41.233Zmore like thismore than 2019-07-01T15:13:41.233Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms more like this
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star this property date less than 2019-06-25more like thismore than 2019-06-25
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property answering dept id 7 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property hansard heading Temporary Accommodation more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people living temporarily on license agreements in privately-owned (a) bed and breakfast accommodation, (b) hostels, (c) short-stay house in multiple occupation and (d) guesthouses were placed by local authorities in discharge of a statutory homelessness duty. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency East Ham more like this
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Stephen Timms remove filter
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star this property date of answer less than 2019-07-01more like thismore than 2019-07-01
star this property answer text <p>In October to December 2018 there were a) 6,980 households in bed and breakfast hotels (including shared annexes), of which 2,420 households contained children and b) 5,740 households in hostels (including reception centres, emergency units and refuges) in England.</p><p>The figures provided are for all people who are owed a statutory homelessness duty by a local authority. They include people in temporary accommodation under assessment, who are owed the main rehousing duty, and who are accommodated for a short period to allow them to source alternative accommodation</p><p><br>These figures are taken from an experimental statistical release and caution should be taken when using the data. Further information is provided in the release available at this link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statutory-homelessness-in-england-october-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statutory-homelessness-in-england-october-to-december-2018</a>.</p>
star this property answering member constituency South Derbyshire remove filter
star this property answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler more like this
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less than 2019-07-01T15:05:29.82Zmore like thismore than 2019-07-01T15:05:29.82Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms more like this
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star this property date less than 2019-04-25more like thismore than 2019-04-25
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property answering dept id 7 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property hansard heading Private Rented Housing more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in privately rented property living without essential household items. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency East Ham more like this
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Stephen Timms remove filter
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star this property date of answer less than 2019-04-30more like thismore than 2019-04-30
star this property answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency South Derbyshire remove filter
star this property answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler more like this
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less than 2019-04-30T11:51:29.017Zmore like thismore than 2019-04-30T11:51:29.017Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms more like this
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star this property date less than 2019-04-11more like thismore than 2019-04-11
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property answering dept id 7 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property hansard heading Rented Housing: Older People more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help local authorities improve security of tenure for older renters. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency East Ham more like this
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unstar this property uin 244001 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2019-04-23more like thismore than 2019-04-23
star this property answer text <p>We know that security of tenure is a concern for many in the private rented sector. That is why we have announced that the government will end so-called ‘no fault’ evictions by abolishing Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988. The government will shortly launch a new consultation on proposals to remove the ability of landlords to use ‘no fault’ evictions under Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988.</p><p>The government’s proposed measures will provide greater certainty for tenants and make the housing market fit for the 21st century. This will provide support to all tenants, including older renters, giving them the security and stability they need to make a place truly feel like home without the fear of being evicted at a moments’ notice.</p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency South Derbyshire remove filter
star this property answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler more like this
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less than 2019-04-23T15:06:43.37Zmore like thismore than 2019-04-23T15:06:43.37Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler more like this
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star this property date less than 2018-02-26more like thismore than 2018-02-26
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property answering dept id 7 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property hansard heading Supported Housing more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the effect on the financial resilience of people living in supported housing was considered in drawing up proposals to introduce rent-free supported housing; and if he will make a statement. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency East Ham more like this
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Stephen Timms remove filter
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star this property date of answer less than 2018-03-01more like thismore than 2018-03-01
star this property answer text <p>The proposed funding model for short-term supported housing changes the source of funding from welfare benefits to a local grant fund. In housing benefit, the payment is, in practice, normally made direct to the landlord for those living in supported housing, and this is exactly the same in the proposed funding model for short-term supported housing. In either case the individual is responsible for paying any ineligible service charges and incidental costs.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency South Derbyshire remove filter
star this property answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler more like this
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less than 2018-03-01T10:51:25.237Zmore like thismore than 2018-03-01T10:51:25.237Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms more like this