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Temporary Accommodation

Question for Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

UIN 16269, tabled on 28 February 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of regulation for emergency temporary accommodation.

Answered on

7 March 2024

Local authorities procure temporary accommodation from a range of sources, including council-owned stock, from housing associations, and from private landlords, and must ensure it is suitable.

Government has an ambition to increase quality of all accommodation, including temporary accommodation.