§ Mr. Newensasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will issue general guidelines to be followed by local authorities in dealing with homelessness arising in cases of dispossession due to failure to maintain mortgage payments.
§ Mr. FreesonWe have already done. so. The joint circular on homelessness (DOE/ 18/74; DHSS 4/74; WO 34/74) describes a range of ways in which local authorities can deal with homelessness, irrespective of its cause.