Ivana Bacik (Independent)

I move amendment No. 27:

In page 18, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following:

"(c) the maximum period in which an applicant for social housing or housing support shall stay in accommodation designated as emergency.".

This amendment is in keeping with the Government's new strategy on homelessness under which the current maximum period for which people should stay in emergency accommodation is stipulated as six months. The amendment seeks to ensure that the maximum period will be one of the criteria by which assessments are made.