Helen Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for
Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government plans to take to
support providers of supported housing affected by planned reductions in social
housing rents.
Gavin Barwell: The Government is committed to protecting
the most vulnerable through our welfare reforms. That is why we have exempted supported housing
from the Local Housing Allowance cap until 2019/20, from which point we will
bring in a new funding model which will ensure that the sector continues to be
funded at current levels, taking into account the effect of Government policy
on social sector rents. We will apply the rent reduction to supported housing,
with the exception of domestic violence refuges, with rents in these properties
decreasing by 1% a year for 3 years, up to and including 2019/20.
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