In response to the government’s call for evidence as part of its spending review procedure, LGE has called for urgent reform of the housing benefit subsidy regime for temporary accommodation.
In particular, the Local Housing Allowance rate should be brought up to 90% of 2025 levels, rather than remain at 90% of January 2011 levels. In addition, we ask for greater flexibility in using the Homelessness Prevention Grant announced in the provisional local government finance settlement.