London's homeless could be forced to move as far as Hull

Aa Housing shortages could create an exodus from the capital

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The private housing shortage in London mean that homeless people have gone as far from the city, where rents are cheaper, housing charities are warning. They fear that there will be an exodus of capital from the people at the bottom of the housing as the right coalition of localism, which takes effect this spring, allows local authorities to place homeless people in private housing Rental.

At least one council of London, Croydon, is to try to rent a private apartment in the city and several other towns in Yorkshire. He also rented the property in St Leonards-on-Sea on the Sussex coast. Other councils are expected to follow suit, according to housing experts.

Until the Act comes into force, the homeless can stay in temporary accommodation until the accommodation is available. However, this election must be removed at a critical time. The local housing allowance, the money paid by local authorities for housing assistance in the private rental sector has been reduced. In addition, the mortgage drought has meant that many people try to get to the housing ladder have been forced into the rental sector, rents rise.

The result, according to housing experts is that the private sector is increasingly unaffordable for local authorities, causing a domino effect that homelessness and benefits are allocated in areas where rents are cheaper.

Shelter, the housing charity, said the new rules, which will be published shortly, setting out the obligations of counsel to homeless people placed in private rented accommodation. Refuge expressed concern that the rules allow the councils to house homeless people in their municipalities. Croydon Council said it was considering moving some people in temporary accommodation in Hull, 230 km. "The fact that councils may be considering making use of these powers to provide housing for persons not in their local areas - which may have to uproot families of schools, communities and jobs - is a testament to the magnitude of the housing crisis, "Campbell Robb, Executive Director of Housing, said.

"This disorder could have a devastating impact on children's education and welfare of the family. Taking the family out of their support networks at the time of great need, will not help back on their feet. "

• Southwark Council is predicting an increase in homelessness this year after the number of people on its waiting list for housing has increased for the first time in five years. Jon Dalton, housing manager for Harrow council said it had helped more than a dozen families in London. Dalton said: "Since the reform of welfare, many non-working households dependent on benefits will not be able to afford to live in the private rental sector."
• Grant Shapps
• , Housing Minister, said there was an urgent need to address the rising cost of welfare. "Under Labour, the housing allowance spiral out of control and income for households that benefit from increased much more than market rents," he said. "As a result, the Labour government has ended up spending £ 192bn a year of taxpayers' money in welfare payments, which was more than the combined spending of defense, education and health. We need for reform of aid to cover the deficit budget work, and a series of measures to address that increase the benefits of the bill. "

A pot of £ 190 million additional funding was made available to assist local authorities to provide support to families about the benefits that the following reforms, but the advice I am afraid that this will be overshadowed by the costs of accommodation in the private sector. An investigation by

Environmental Health News

, the internal magazine of health workers of the environment, found that London councils were expecting to put more homeless in private rented accommodation. Nearly half said it would not be able to find enough suitable housing, because there was too much competition for stays more affordable.

Islington Council said it was "much more difficult to acquire properties in the private rental sector this year." Lewisham, Barking, Dagenham and Brent also expressed difficulties.

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