No Immediate Repeal Of The Vagrancy Act

A repeal of the Vagrancy Act won’t happen right away despite growing evidence of the wider public thinking the arrest of rough sleepers is a waste of time. During a Lords debate on homelessness, MHCLG minister Viscount Younger of Leckie said the Government believes an on-going review of the Act rather than “immediate wholesale repeal” is the right course of action – to ensure that the consequences of a repeal are fully understood. Read more on 24housing.

https://www.24housing.co.uk/news/no-immediate-repeal-of-the-vagrancy-act-despite-rising-opposition/

Labour Conference: Housing Round-Up

Housing will become a "great national priority" under a Labour government, said shadow housing minister Jack Dromey at the Labour party conference – and the range of plans that emerged appeared to support that. After a long policy silence, Labour announced a string of housing plans, including;

• Increase housebuilding rates to 200,000 a year by 2020
• Use-it-or-lose-it deals for developers
• Mansion tax
• Cities given the 'right to grow'
• Repeal the bedroom tax
• Scrapping the affordable rent programme
• … but the right-to-buy will remain

For more details of these plans go to the Guardian website.