IRRV Alert - week ending 29th January 2021
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Minister questioned on the impact of Covid-19 on homelessness and the private rented sector (26 January 2021)
Minister questioned on the impact of Covid-19 on homelessness and the private rented sector
26 January 2021
The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee examines the impact that Government policies designed to support individuals in precarious housing or rough sleeping have had during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Watch Parliament TV: Impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) on homelessness and the private rented sector
- Inquiry: Impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) on homelessness and the private rented sector
- Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Witnesses
Thursday 28 January 2021, virtual meeting
At 3.30pm
- Eddie Hughes MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Rough Sleeping & Housing
- Penny Hobman, Director for Homelessness and Rough Sleeping at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
It also investigates if mechanisms are in place to address these issues in the long-term or if there is a looming cliff edge if better support is not in place, including the risks of eviction for the hundreds of thousands of households in rent arrears.
As part of its response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government initiated a number of policies to support rough sleepers and private renters during the first lockdown. This included a ban on evictions and the ‘Everyone In’ programme to ensure that no-one was forced to sleep on the streets. In the following months, the eviction ban has been renewed on several occasions, while a number of additional programmes have been announced with the aim of addressing rough sleeping in the long-term.