A council has come under fire for withholding £2 million
of emergency hardship cash. Labour-led Lambeth Council was branded ‘tight
fisted and hypocritical’ by Liberal Democrat opponents, after they refused nearly
half of the requests for discretionary housing payment. The borough was also
attacked for only spending £148,000 of a £1.6 million pot to provide crisis
grants and loans. This is in addition to a £1.5 million DHP allocation, of
which £580,000 has been spent. By the end of October 1,953 requests for
emergency loans and grants had been received but only 439 were accepted, the
Liberal Democrats claimed. They said £600,000 intended for grants had been
diverted into ‘community projects.’ Read more on Inside Housing.
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