Housing: Young People
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support his Department is providing to local authorities to help increase the availability of stepping stone accommodation for young people.
Answered by Alison McGovern
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN HL526.
Local authorities have a duty to provide support to people at risk of homelessness, including young people, and must have regard to the Homelessness Code of Guidance, which sets out that housing authorities must assess all eligible applicants who are at risk of or are homeless.
We have also committed to develop a national Youth Homelessness Prevention Toolkit and develop a dedicated chapter of the Homelessness Code of Guidance on young people, to support councils to work collaboratively with other public services to prevent youth homelessness.
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