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Hotels have already begun to close to Afghan households across the country and - as we feared - councils are already seeing families presenting to them as homeless as a result.

Further expanding permitted development rights risks creating poor quality residential environments that negatively impact people’s health and wellbeing.

Every area in England should be handed a new local housing deal by 2025 to spark a “generational step-change” in council housebuilding.

Councils are very concerned by the findings of this report. It is not right that a child’s ability to do well at school is potentially jeopardised by the conditions of the building in which they study.

“The removal of ‘no fault’ evictions is a significant step towards tackling our national homelessness crisis."

Plans to increase planning fees by 35 per cent will not be enough to prevent a significant national shortfall or solve capacity issues in the sector.

“We share councils’ concern about the minority of unscrupulous landlords who exploit the supported housing system."

“Homelessness pressures, combined with depleting social housing stock and an unaffordable private rented sector feels like a perfect storm for already stretched council services."

Twenty-one councils have been successful in their applications for the Local Government Association’s 2022/23 Housing Advisers Programme (HAP).

Councils are committed to working with government and developers to build the housing the country needs.