Peers Back Homelessness Reduction Bill

Peers have backed the Homelessness Reduction Bill but used the debate to set out concerns over the effect of wider government policy on housing. In the second reading peers voted through the bill but several expressed doubts over whether £61m of funding announced by the government for councils over two years would cover the full costs of the extra responsibilities they will face from the bill. Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Olly Grender questioned the accuracy of the CLG rough sleeping figures, which have previously been criticised by the UK Statistics Authority. Read more on Inside Housing.