London councils face questions for housing families outside the capital

The Guardian reports that Housing minister Mark Prisk will meet London councils today to discuss concerns about the “unacceptable and avoidable” measures that local authorities are using, in response to housing benefit cuts that are shrinking the number of properties affordable for temporary accommodation.

More than 20 London local councils have rented properties as far afield as Corby, Cornwall, Blackpool, Southampton and Newcastle, as reported in our recent report, A rock and a hard place: the early impacts of welfare reform on London

For the Guardian article, see London councils face questions for housing families outside the capital