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<p>The Government is committed to preventing and reducing homelessness.</p><p>It is
essential that good quality private rented sector accommodation is accessible for
everyone. To help to tackle homelessness, we have allocated to local authorities £315
million for homelessness prevention funding until 2020 and £402 million of Flexible
Homelessness Support Grant up to 2019. This can be used to pay for rent deposit schemes
and other strategies to support access to the private rented sector.</p><p>We have
also brought forward a range of measures to build a better private rented sector.
This includes ensuring local authorities effectively tackle rogue landlords who let
unfit properties and, in the Queen’s Speech, we announced our proposals to put a stop
to tenants having to pay letting fees. A ban will mean tenants require less money
up-front, making it easier for people to access and move around the private rented
sector.</p><p>We are bringing forward a package of measures to bring fairness and
consistency to people in the private rented sector. We are determined to rebalance
the relationship between tenants and landlords and ensure tenants have access to effective
redress.</p><p>But homelessness is not just a housing issue. That is why we are implementing
the most ambitious legislative reform in decades, the Homelessness Reduction Act,
which will ensure that more people get the help they need earlier to prevent them
from becoming homeless in the first place.</p><p> </p>
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