Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 Explained
The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It amends the Housing Act 1996.[1] The Act started as a Private Member's Bill introduced by Conservative Member of Parliament for Harrow East Bob Blackman.[2]
Blackman was drawn second in the 2016 annual Parliamentary ballot for a Private Member's Bill and put together the bill in partnership with national homelessness charity, Crisis.[3] It was the first Private Member's Bill to be supported by a select committee.[4] After receiving Government support at second reading, it passed through all stages in Parliament unopposed in both Houses and received Royal Assent on 27 April 2017.[5]
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- Web site: Homelessness Reduction Bill 2016-17 - UK Parliament. services.parliament.uk. 2016-10-31.
- Web site: MP's push to extend homeless safeguards gets cross-party support. TheGuardian.com. 24 October 2016.
- Web site: No One Turned Away . Crisis . 25 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170426151613/https://community.crisis.org.uk/no-one-turned-away/home . 26 April 2017 . dead .
- News: Homelessness Reduction Bill supported by Committee. UK Parliament. 14 October 2016. 25 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170426152201/http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/communities-and-local-government-committee/news-parliament-2015/homelessness-reduction-bill-report-published-16-17/. 26 April 2017. live.
- News: Homelessness Reduction Bill. UK Parliament. 25 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170610061858/http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016-17/homelessnessreduction.html. 10 June 2017. live.
