Some authorities actively discouraged people from making a homelessness application, or gave ineffectual advice, the committee said.
Gunita made a homelessness application to Brent, and received a phone call from a caseworker asking her to view a one-bedroom property.
In other instances, an individual may not even get as far as making a homelessness application: councils have become adept at discouraging them, a practice known as "gatekeeping".
Even formal homelessness acceptances tell only part of the story: the figures show 112,000 people made a homelessness application to their council, meaning that more than half were deemed ineligible for help.
Services and solutions: The 'housing options' approach has the potential to help people get the housing solution they need, in some cases more quickly and effectively than making a homelessness application.
"But I didn't want to make a film about homelessness," he insists.
Other countries can learn from us that it is possible to make a significant improvement in homelessness without excessive cost or a massive public backlash and that the results are beneficial.
I'm due to join the soup-run with a group of media students from Leeds Trinity university college to make a short film about homelessness in the city and the work of Simon on the Streets.
They hoped to provide both temporary shelter for homeless people and make a public statement about the homelessness crisis in the city, assuming they would be able to remain for just a few days before being evicted.
The Safadie brothers managed to make a film about drug abuse and homelessness without making a "drug movie", and it's thanks to Arielle Holmes.
