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MOTB: short-term measures and long-term mindset could tackle temporary accommodation crisis

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Homelessness and temporary accommodation costs must be seen as a wider issue than a local government problem – but some short-term measures would give

Plans to hand mayors a portion of income tax revenues risk funding for richer areas pulling ahead by billions of pounds a year unless carefully designed safeguards are built in, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned.

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