Homeless People: Night Shelters Debate
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Lord Avebury
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Homeless People: Night Shelters
Lord Avebury Excerpts(11 years, 5 months ago)
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Lord Freud
My Lords, there are approximately a quarter of a million people living in overcrowded accommodation and 1 million spare bedrooms in homes lived in by people who receive benefits in the social rented sector.
Lord Avebury
My Lords, the noble Lord said that this was an isolated incident, but is he aware that local authorities are already cutting off housing benefit and that shelters are closing down? When will Homeless Link and Crisis have a reply to the representations that they made to DWP asking for an urgent clarification of this ruling?