Homelessness and Rough Sleeping — 29 Jan 2020 at 18:49

The majority of MPs voted not to call on the Government to take action to end rough sleeping and tackle the root causes of rising homelessness starting by making 8,000 homes available for those with a history of rough sleeping, restoring funding for local housing allowance, and re-investing in local homelessness services, including £100m a year for emergency accommodation.

The motion rejected in this vote was:

• That this House
• notes with concern that the number of people sleeping rough on the streets of England has more than doubled since 2010 and that the number of homeless children in temporary accommodation has risen to 127,000;
• further notes that the number of people dying homeless in England and Wales has risen to 726 people a year;
• recognises that by contrast there was an unprecedented fall in homelessness under a Labour Government by 2010; and
• calls on the Government to take action to end rough sleeping and tackle the root causes of rising homelessness starting by making 8,000 homes available for those with a history of rough sleeping, restoring funding for local housing allowance, and re-investing in local homelessness services, including £100m a year for emergency accommodation to save lives this winter.

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