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Dan Peters 22 February 2024

EXCLUSIVE: Councils offered second chance to claim housing cash

EXCLUSIVE: Councils offered second chance to claim housing cash image
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Civil servants have issued a last-minute invitation for councils to claim cash from a fund that has suffered from poor take up by local authorities.

Councils were last month given just two weeks to submit an expression of interest to claim ‘potential underspend’ from the £750m Local Authority Housing Fund (LAHF), which aims to help English local authorities obtain housing for those fleeing conflicts.

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