Councils Pay for Rehousing Firms
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•English councils pay millions to move homeless families out of big cities
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Councils in England are paying millions to relocate homeless families to cheaper parts of the country.
Relocation companies find cheap homes in areas where rents and housing allowance align.
People relocated using these firms discharged into private rented sector and are deemed permanently rehoused.
Experts raised concerns about what they called “social cleansing’ and “racialised, coercive displacement”.
Councils in London are collectively spending about 4m a day on temporary accommodation.
Waltham Forest and Enfield councils said private sector discharges were done in line with local policies.
Birmingham city council said it had used Reloc8 and another firm to help 27 families secure homes.
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