questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendations in the report by the Citizens Advice entitled The Hidden Cost of Homelessness, published in September 2025 on (a) addressing poor standards in temporary accommodation by implementing the extension of the Decent Homes Standard (DHS) and Awaab’s law and (b) working more closely with local authorities to improve the quality of temporary accommodation.
answerText: The Renters’ Right Act provides powers to extend Awaab’s Law to temporary accommodation occupied under licence. We will be consulting in due course on how best to apply Awaab’s Law to such accommodation. We announced in February this year that subject to ...
heading: Temporary Accommodation: Standards