Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day] — Housing Benefit and Supported Housing

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:58 pm on 27 January 2016.

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Photo of John Healey John Healey Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) (Housing and Planning) 12:58, 27 January 2016

My hon. Friend, who chairs the Select Committee on Communities and Local Government, understands this better perhaps than anyone in the House. There is no alternative to the supported housing needed by many of the most vulnerable people, and which they have at present. That is why Ministers must act immediately to exempt supported housing in full from the crude cuts and undertake a detailed consultation with providers about how such housing can be secured in future. Before Christmas, I revealed the scale of the problems facing people in specialist supported housing.