Steve McCabe MP (Birmingham Selly Oak) has today welcomed long-awaited measures, announced by the Government, to regulate the supported housing sector. The Birmingham MP has been calling for action on the sector for several years. In November 2020 he secured a Westminster debate on HMO conversions from family homes to unregulated supported housing. In thatContinue reading Birmingham MP Welcomes Long-awaited Action on Supported Accommodation
One of the saddest things about being an MP are the emails and messages from desperate parents or grandparents about housing problems. They often describe homelessness or awful accommodation and its impact on mental health or illnesses suffered by children. I write to the council who tell me where that person is on the waitingContinue reading Save our family homes
Steve McCabe MP, Birmingham Selly Oak and Women’s Aid Federation of England (‘Women’s Aid’) are calling for oversight of exempt accommodation to protect vulnerable women and children. Steve McCabe MP met with Women’s Aid to hear their concerns about the growing number of exempt accommodation providers housing victims of domestic violence without any expertise or experience, and inContinue reading Birmingham MP joins Women’s Aid in Calling for safe Accommodation
Steve McCabe MP for Birmingham Selly Oak introduced his 10 Minute Rule Bill, the Supported Accommodation Bill on Wednesday 18 November. The Bill seeks to address the problems of HMO’s being used as supported accommodation without sufficient regulation and oversight of the support offered, the conditions of the property and the suitability of the landlord or housing provider. Supported accommodation properties are growing rapidly in Steve McCabe’s constituency where the MPContinue reading Steve McCabe MP Introduces Supported Accommodation Bill
Steve McCabe MP for Birmingham Selly Oak has secured a Westminster Hall debate on the conversion of family homes to houses in multiple occupation for so-called supported accommodation. The debate comes after the Birmingham MP reports a number of local problems around HMO’s being used as supported accommodation without sufficient regulation and oversight of the support offered, the conditions of theContinue reading MP Secures Debate on HMO Conversions for so-called Supported Accommodation
