Any council to help homeless veterans
“We will use this power to ensure that where those who have served our country seek homelessness assistance from a local authority, they will not be referred elsewhere simply because they lack a local connection, thereby allowing them to seek support wherever they present.”
- Promised
Where it stands
The minister has tabled an amendment to the Social Housing Bill giving the government a power to say when a council may not refer a homeless household to another council for lack of a local connection; this is how the government means to use it. The housing release of 20 October says the same for councils in England. No date is given. The card moves when the Bill becomes law and the power is used.
What has happened
- Oct 2026The housing minister says a new power will stop councils referring homeless veterans elsewhere because they lack a local connection, Promised
About the cost
No cost has been published.
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