Housing: Rent, Evictions and Covid-19 Debate
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(4 years ago)
Lords ChamberMy Lords, our focus has obviously been on supporting renters during the pandemic. I will write to the noble Lord on that matter.
My Lords, the cost of temporary accommodation for homeless people is already in excess of £1 billion. This can only rise as hardship increases. Have the Government made any assessment of whether it would not be better value, as well as more humane, to put the money into helping people to stay in their own homes using, for example, a scheme similar to that in Spain?
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for this helpful policy point about the Spanish experience. I shall write to her on that matter.