Housing: Immigrants

(asked on 4th June 2020) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government’s covid-19 recovery strategy, whether he plans to (a) issue guidance to local authorities on accommodating persons with no recourse to public funds, (b) list the legislative provisions that local authorities may use to accommodate those persons and (c) fund local authorities to accommodate those persons.


Answered by
Simon Clarke Portrait
Simon Clarke
This question was answered on 12th June 2020

The Government is aware of concerns about those with no recourse to public funds experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 crisis.

We are ensuring local authorities are supported, with £3.2 million in targeted funding to help support individuals who are sleeping rough off the streets, and an additional £3.2 billion provided to local authorities as part of the wider government response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This funding has been provided to help local authorities to reduce risks to public health and to support individuals on the basis of need.

The legal position on those with no recourse to public funds has not been amended.

The legal position on those with no recourse to public funds has not been amended, and the Government expects local authorities to use the funding they have been provided to support people who are sleeping rough, and to minimise unnecessary risks to public health, acting within the law.

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