When councils are accusing each other of deliberately ‘exporting' their ‘most difficult' housing cases and ‘shipping people out' on an ‘industrial scale' to ‘cleanse themselves of the challenge', it's clear tensions are running high.
Housing pressures for the sector are at an all-time peak and this has led to growing instances of ‘Out of Area' (OOA) placements – the practice of housing people both temporarily and permanently in other council areas.
