Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2018 to Question 123225, how the Government plans to fund extra stays for people whose stays in short-term supported housing exceed two years.

As I set out in the response to my Hon Friend to Question UIN 123225 on 22 January 2018, our proposals are not linked to an individual’s length of stay. Schemes meeting the short-term support housing definition will be funded, not the individual residents.

Where an individual requires an extended stay, which may be the case if their needs are more complex, the funding the scheme has received will not be affected.