Kim Johnson backs call for pet-friendly homelessness accommodation

The Big Issue says only one in ten shelters allow people to bring animals with them.

Labour MP Kim Johnson has backed a Big Issue campaign calling for people in temporary and emergency accommodation to be able to keep their pets with them.

Kim Johnson MP. Photo: UK Parliament (official portrait).
Kim Johnson MP. Photo: UK Parliament (official portrait).

The magazine says only one in ten shelters allow animals, despite accommodation providers regularly receiving requests from people seeking a place to stay with a pet. The campaign is asking the Government to make temporary and emergency housing pet-friendly by default.

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Kim Johnson backs call for pet-friendly homelessness accommodation

Kim Johnson backs call for pet-friendly homelessness accommodation