The current system of so-called ‘exempt rental accommodation’ has been condemned by MPs as “a complete mess” which wastes taxpayers’ money and fails many residents.
Exempt accommodation is the name given to a type of supported rental housing that is used to house a range of people with support needs – typical residents are the homeless, former prisoners and some people with mental illness.
Now the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities committee of MPs – which shadows the activities of the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities – is demanding a series of urgent reforms for the exempt rental sector, including the introduction of enforceable national standards and compulsory registration.
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