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Homelessness

Lords · Question HL1141 · Tabled 7 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 21 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Lord Allen of Kensington

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the causes of the rise in homelessness as published on 3 October in the Ministry of Housing, Community and Local Government's report Statutory homelessness in England: financial year 2023-2

Answer

Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, 21 Oct 2024

The statistics published on 3 October shows that the most common reason for loss of accommodation for households threatened with homelessness was termination of a private rented assured shorthold tenancy (AST). For households that were already homeless, t...