Government Seeks To Stop London Exodus

Government plans to stop local authorities housing vulnerable people hundreds of miles from their home area could prove ‘impossible’, councils have warned.  Housing minister Grant Shapps said the CLG would issue regulations making ‘locality a principle linkage’ for councils seeking to house people in the private sector.  The government is understood to have amended guidance to the Localism Act, adding clauses which obligate councils to house people in a ‘reasonable’ location. This could mean not moving schoolchildren and keeping vulnerable people who receive local housing allowance close to their families.  Read more on Inside Housing.