Covid-19: Housing
Baroness Thomas of Winchester Excerpts(4 years, 6 months ago)
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Lord Greenhalgh
The information that we have in the department is that no Section 114 notices are imminent. We need to recognise that this Government have provided around £20 billion of investment into local services in just two months. That includes two tranches of £1.6 billion to ease demand pressures on local councils and around £5 billion of cash-flow measures, as well as other measures to support wider transport issues, including the recent bailout of Transport for London. I note the noble Baroness’s concerns, but at the moment we have no evidence that councils are about to go to the wall.
Baroness Thomas of Winchester (LD)
My Lords, when will the accessible homes consultation start, and will the Minister join me at the next virtual meeting of Habinteg’s Insight Group to update disabled people directly on progress?
Lord Greenhalgh
My understanding is that the consultation is with the Secretary of State and we hope to get it out as soon as possible.