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Written question asked by Clive Betts (Labour) on Wednesday, 20 July 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 7 September 2022 (named day). It was answered by Eddie Hughes (Conservative) on Wednesday, 7 September 2022 on behalf of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

Rented Housing: Finance

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the £65 million support package for vulnerable renters announced by his Department on 23 October 2021, how much and what proportion of that funding has been distributed by (a) region and (b) local authority as on 20 July 2022.

Answer

The Government provided councils with £310 million in funding for the Homelessness Prevention Grant in 2021/22. They can use this funding flexibly to meet their homelessness and rough sleeping strategies – for example, to offer financial support for people to find a new home, to work with landlords to prevent evictions or to provide temporary accommodation, among other preventative measures.

In October 2021 the Government provided a £65 million top-up to this funding to help councils prevent those with rent arrears from becoming homeless. You can find the breakdown of funding by local authority level at this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-prevention-grant-2021-to-2022.

The regional breakdown is as follows:

Region

Total Allocated Funding from £65m Winter Top Up

London

£31,270,590

South East

£9,602,616

East of England

£5,195,237

West Midlands

£4,207,125

South West

£4,089,696

North West

£3,890,791

Yorkshire and the Humber

£2,713,453

East Midlands

£2,458,347

North East

£1,033,367

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
40735
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Finance Rented housing
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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