Housing leaders call on Braverman to drop crackdown on rough sleepers’ ‘lifestyle choice’ tents

By Olivia Barber2023-11-07T10:00:00

15 housing bodies, including the CIH and NHF, have signed the letter

A group of 15 housing organisations and homelessness charities have sent an open letter strongly urging Suella Braverman to reconsider plans to criminalise the use of tents by people who are rough sleeping.

The leaders of housing bodies, including the National Housing Federation, the Chartered Institute of Housing and Centrepoint signed the open letter coordinated by homelessness charity Crisis.

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