Watch my question about local housing allowance

𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.

Look at South Devon: here the average rent for a three-bedroom home can be well over £1,100 a month, but a family of four will receive only £840 a month.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐.𝟕% 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐊 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.

Poor and temporary housing is a key driver of poverty and unfreezing the allowance could lift thousands of children out of acute deprivation.

𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩? 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.