Lambeth Refreshes TA Policy Amid ‘Unsustainable Pressure’ of Housing Crisis

Lambeth refreshes TA policy amid ‘unsustainable pressure’ of housing crisis

Lambeth Council has suggested amendments to its temporary accommodation placement policy.

Lambeth expects most homeless households will be moved outside Lambeth – and often outside the southeast – under new council policy

Most homeless households in Lambeth should now expect to be placed outside the borough – and in many cases outside the southeast – under a major overhaul of the council’s Placement Policy. The new policy, set to be approved by Labour Deputy Leader of the Council, Cllr Danial Adilypour, makes clear that “most households will have to move out of the borough and often out of the southeast” because of the severe shortage of affordable accommodation …