Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 4160

Local Housing Allowance

Tabled: 3 September 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024

Question

Ayoub Khan

IndependentBirmingham Perry Barr

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact on levels of homelessness of unfreezing local housing allowance.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The Government recognises that homelessness levels are too high and there are a range of contributing factors. We will look carefully at these issues as we develop our strategy for ending homelessness. Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates have not been fro...

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