Housing Minister Grant Shapps today outlined new "safeguards" to ensure vulnerable families are placed in suitable, privately-rented accommodation - with an assured fixed-term tenancy of at least 12 months.
The Department for Communities and Local Government's latest consultation document comes ahead of a new power giving councils more options to tackle record housing waiting lists and move people out of "expensive" temporary accommodation such as B&Bs.
A change in the law - aimed at tackli...
