"We want to end the use of B&Bs, apart from in a really dire emergency situation. We want to end the use of B&Bs by the end of the parliament. It will take people having access to better temporary accommodation, increased social housing and so on. But I think we can do it. If we don't manage it, no one will judge me as harshly as I'll judge myself."
"We've had people's incomes being constrained and costs going up, and then austerity for town halls over the past decade and a half, she said. When the force and momentum of those three big challenges is so great, it's going to take more than a year of a Labour government to turn that around but we will."
"The Westminster world, because sometimes they pose as tough on benefits, [says]: Let's freeze local housing allowance.' All that means is families in private rented accommodation see a growing gap between the rent that being has to pay and the level of supp"
The homelessness minister pledged to end the use of B&Bs as emergency housing by the end of the parliament and described failing to do so as a personal failing. The government launched a three-year homelessness strategy aiming to reduce temporary accommodation use and halve rough sleeping. Shelter data shows homelessness rose 8% in the past year, with more than 380,000 people homeless in England and a record 350,000 in temporary accommodation. Causes cited include constrained incomes, rising costs, and long-term austerity for local councils. Campaigners and the Greater Manchester mayor criticised the government for freezing housing benefit until at least 2026, warning it widens rent-support gaps.
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