Housing Benefit: Temporary Accommodation
Lords · Question HL8091 · Tabled 4 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Cashman
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the National Audit Office report The Effectiveness of Government in Tackling Homelessness, published on 23 July 2024, what plans they have to update the housing benefit subsidy regime for temporary accommodation
Answer
Answered by Baroness Sherlock, 17 Jun 2025
DWP pays local authorities a Housing Benefit subsidy for temporary accommodation cases. There are restrictions on the amount paid, including a subsidy cap which is £500 per week in certain areas of London or £375 elsewhere. We recognise the financial pres...