Supported Housing: Funding Debate
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Baroness Blake of Leeds
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Supported Housing: Funding
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Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab)
I declare my interest as laid out in the register. The Resolution Foundation has said that the Chancellor’s planned cuts in universal credit, along with other major decisions to be made in the autumn,
“are likely to shape the living standards of millions of families for years to come.”
Have the Government made an assessment of the impact of the Chancellor’s universal credit proposals on levels of need for supported housing?
Lord Greenhalgh (Con)
My Lords, it is important to recognise that that was always going to be a temporary uplift in universal credit. We also need to recognise the current amount of money that goes into welfare costs for supported housing. Way back in 2015, the estimate was £3.5 billion, and the sum will almost certainly have risen since that time, when it was last measured. That goes some way to ensuring that there is support for people in supported housing.