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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support his Department provides to people living in temporary accommodation who need to store furniture after an eviction.

Where a housing authority owes a household a homelessness duty the housing authority must take reasonable steps to prevent the loss of, or to prevent or mitigate damage to, any personal property of the applicant. Housing authorities may pay for storage of a household's personal property if they are unable to afford to have it stored themselves.

The Government has provided local authorities in excess of £1 billion over the next 3 years through the Homelessness Prevention Grant to carry out their homelessness duties.