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"This additional funding will provide some much-needed support for local authorities to help prevent vulnerable households from becoming homeless this winter."

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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