Young People Leaving Care And Housing Benefit

EDM number 135 in 1995-96, proposed by Paul Flynn on 29/11/1995.

That this House notes that 30 per cent. of young, single homeless people have experienced local authority care; recognises that young people leaving care need secure and stable accommodation; accepts that shared accommodation is often unstable and necessitates frequent moves; believes that young people leaving care should have the option of living by themselves; deplores the decision in the Budget to restrict housing benefit for the under-25 year olds to the cost of shared accommodation; and believes that this will greatly increase the problems already facing young people leaving care in finding a home.

This motion has been signed by a total of 65 MPs.