Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to assist local authorities in providing temporary accommodation.

The National Plan to End Homelessness sets out action to tackle the worst forms of temporary accommodation and supporting councils to develop better alternatives. These actions include increasing the supply of good quality, affordable temporary accommodation by delivering up to 5,000 homes by 2030 through the fourth round of the Local Authority Housing Fund 2026-2030; a national target to end the unlawful use of B&B accommodation for families; and continuing to work with local authorities with the highest use of B&B accommodation over the next three years, through an expanded Emergency Accommodation Reduction Programme backed by £30 million funding.

This government is investing more than £4 billion in homelessness and rough sleeping services, alongside the wider resources made available through the Local Government Finance Settlement. This includes £969 million over three years which has been rolled into the core Revenue Support Grant for temporary accommodation (previously part of the Homelessness Prevention Grant). Further information can be found here.