The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It amends the Housing Act 1996.[1] The Act started as a Private Member's Bill introduced by Conservative Member of Parliament for Harrow East Bob Blackman.[2]

Blackman was drawn second in the 2016 annual Parliamentary ballot for a Private Member's Bill and put together the bill in partnership with national homelessness charity, Crisis.[3] It was the first Private Member's Bill to be supported by a select committee.[4] After receiving Government support at second reading, it passed through all stages in Parliament unopposed in both Houses and received Royal Assent on 27 April 2017.[5]

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  1. ↑ "Homelessness Reduction Bill 2016-17 — UK Parliament". services.parliament.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "MP's push to extend homeless safeguards gets cross-party support". TheGuardian.com. 24 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "No One Turned Away". Crisis. Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Homelessness Reduction Bill supported by Committee". UK Parliament. 14 October 2016. Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Homelessness Reduction Bill". UK Parliament. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.


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