Committees

Children in Temporary Accommodation

Inquiry

This short inquiry is scrutinising issues around the quality of temporary accommodation provision and pressures on local authority finances in England. The inquiry considers how children and families in temporary accommodation could be better supported by Government, local authorities, and accommodation providers.

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Past events

Tuesday 21 January 2025
10:00am Public
Oral evidence session 21 January 2025
Children in Temporary Accommodation - Oral evidence
10:00am
  • Rushanara Ali MP (Minister for Homelessness and Democracy at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
  • Penny Hobman (Director for Homelessness and Rough Sleeping at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Rough Sleeping - Oral evidence
10:45am
  • Rushanara Ali MP (Minister for Homelessness and Democracy at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
  • Penny Hobman (Director for Homelessness and Rough Sleeping at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 5 November 2024
10:00am Public
Children in Temporary Accommodation - Oral evidence 5 November 2024
10:00am
  • Francesca Albanese (Executive Director of Policy and Social Change at Crisis)
  • Emma Haddad (CEO at St Mungo's)
  • Dr Laura Neilson (CEO at Shared Health Foundation)
  • Rebecca Walker (Director at CARIS Families)
10:45am
  • Councillor Hannah Dalton (Housing Spokesperson at District Councils Network)
  • Councillor Grace Williams (Housing Spokesperson at London Councils)
  • Hannah Courtney-Adamson (Head of Strategic Housing (People) at Rochdale Borough Council)
  • Chris Hancock (Head of Housing at Hastings Borough Council)
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

Contact us

We receive a significant number of emails each day. All requests and invitations are considered but we do not respond directly to everyone. Please be aware, the committee does not look at individual cases or specific complaints.

  • Email: hclgcom@parliament.uk
  • Address: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA