The LGA responds to latest homelessness figures published today.
Responding to the latest homelessness figures published today, Cllr Adam Hug, housing spokesperson for the LGA said:
“Homelessness is one the biggest and most urgent pressures facing councils. As these figures show, more and more people are turning to their local council for support and councils are having to resort to costly temporary accommodation to house people.
“The temporary accommodation subsidy gap, currently stuck at 2011 levels, needs to be urgently addressed in the Spending Review as this is driving ever higher-spend on temporary accommodation and limiting the resources available for homelessness prevention.
“There also needs to be a genuine cross-departmental approach to tackling this crisis, as part of a long-term government strategy, with councils given the powers and resources needed to address the national shortage of affordable housing.”