questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to (a) local authorities and (b) London boroughs providing temporary accommodation to those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness (i) outside their local authority area and (ii) outside London on whether the support of the external local authority in which they are housed is (1) required or (2) encouraged.
answerText: Legislation and statutory guidance is clear that local authorities should, wherever possible, place homeless households within their own area. However, in some areas where there is a limited supply of suitable accommodation, it is sometimes necessary to p...
heading: Homelessness: Temporary Accommodation