To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect a national rent deposit guarantee scheme will have on homeless people's ability to access the private rented sector.
Answered on
23 November 2017
Mediated access schemes play an important role in enabling homeless people to access the private rented sector. That is why we have committed to providing £20 million of funding for schemes that will enable better access to new tenancies or support in sustaining existing tenancies for those who are, or at risk, of homelessness or rough sleeping.