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Support for housing costs in the reformed welfare system

Inquiry by the Work and Pensions Committee, 23 July 2013 to 9 May 2014. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 6 November 2013: Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick, School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University, Robert Joyce, Senior Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies, and Professor Steve Wilcox, Centre for Housing Policy, University of York.
  • 4 December 2013: Chartered Institute of Housing, Peabody Trust Housing Association, Placeshapers, Riverside Housing Association, and Scottish Federation of Housing Associations.
  • 18 December 2013: Steve Fothergill, Director, Industrial Communities Alliance, Councillor Sharon Taylor, Chair, Local Government Association Finance Panel, Local Government Association, Councillor Joyce McCarty, Deputy Leader, Newcastle City Council, and Laurence Coaker, Head, Housing Needs, West London Housing Partnership; Jennifer Barnes, Policy and Research Manager, Centrepoint, Carolyn Uphill, Chairman, National Landlords Association, and Chris Town, Vice Chairman, Residential Landlords Association (at 10.45 am).
  • 15 January 2014: Steve McIntosh, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Carers UK, Dr Sam Royston, Poverty and Early Years Policy Adviser, Children's Society, Paul Anderson, Policy Manager, Homeless Link, Anna Page, Policy, Public Affairs and Research Manager, St Mungo's, Andrew Fraser, Director, Public Health Science, Scottish Public Health Network and NHS Scotland, and Hilary Fisher, Director of Policy, Voice and Membership, Women's Aid.
  • 29 January 2014: Geoff Fimister, Policy Researcher, Citizens Advice, Yvette Burgess, Unit Director, Housing Support Enabling Unit Coalition of Care and Support providers in Scotland, Peter Tutton, Head of Policy, StepChange, Maria Zealey, Unit Manager, Surrey Welfare Rights Unit, and Joanna Kennedy, Chief Executive, Zaccheus 2000 Trust.
  • 12 February 2014: Lord Freud, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Reform, Department for Work and Pensions, and Kris Hopkins MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Department for Communities and Local Government.