Rough Sleeping

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:24 pm on 27 February 2020.

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Photo of Rosie Duffield Rosie Duffield Labour, Canterbury 12:24, 27 February 2020

The south-east has the highest rates of homelessness outside London. The Secretary of State has mentioned the provision of beds and the moving-on service, but does he recognise that this issue does not simply relate to those who are sleeping in doorways, although that is bad enough? Every day my team helps families whose members—sometimes pregnant—are often sleeping three or four to one bedroom. When will affordable, suitable accommodation come to Canterbury for them, so that my team no longer has to bid daily for the two or three properties that are currently available?