Temporary accommodation subsidy freeze

Early day motion 995, tabled 20 October 2026 by Siân Berry (Green). Signed by 1 member.

That this House notes that a record 135,580 households are stuck in temporary accommodation due to the homelessness crisis and a severe shortage of council homes; further notes that the rate at which local authorities are able to claim back the costs from the Government for temporary accommodation has been frozen since 2011, resulting in a detrimental funding gap of hundreds of millions of pounds for local councils across England and Wales every year; also notes that private landlords are charging local authorities as much as £100 per night for a single nightly paid dwelling; recognises that council taxpayers expect their Council Tax to fund clean streets, safe homes, and effective public services, not private landlords profiteering from a broken housing system; notes that the Local Government Association has said that uprating council reimbursement to 90 per cent of the current Local Housing Allowance rate would save councils in England £1.5 billion by 2030; and calls on the Government to lift this freeze as soon as possible.

Signatures by party: Green 1.