Report: Councils to get new homelessness powers in Rayner drive on social housing

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Charities hail new powers as gamechanger ahead of housing secretary’s speech to Labour conference Housing associations in England is expected to be told they cannot decline to house homeless families without good reason, Angela Rayner is expected to tell the Labour conference, as part of a drive for more public control of housing. The report also notes that Homelessness charities stated the new powers were a “gamechanger” and had the potential to make a significant difference to rough sleeping and families in temporary accommodation, the numbers of which have risen sharply. Almost 180,000 children are living in temporary accommodation.

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