Question follow-through · 3072
Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce the use of out-of-area temporary accommodation placements for homeless households.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 19 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2026
- Answer
- 28 May 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
19 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce the use of out-of-area temporary accommodation placements for homeless households.
21 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 May 2026
Answer published
To reduce the use of out of area placements, we must tackle the root causes of homelessness and reduce the number of families in temporary accommodation. To do this we must build more homes, including through the new 10-year £39 billion Social and Afforda...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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