Homelessness: Milton Keynes

(asked on 13th April 2018) - View Source
Questioner
Iain Stewart Portrait
Iain Stewart
(Conservative - Milton Keynes South)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what applications he has received from Milton Keynes Council for funding for (a) homelessness and (b) rough-sleeping projects since May 2014.

Answered by
Heather Wheeler Portrait
Heather Wheeler
This question was answered on 18th April 2018

The Department’s £50 million Homeless Prevention Programme comprises of thee funds:

    • £20 million to establish a network of 28 ambitious Homelessness Prevention Trailblazer areas;

    • £20 million rough sleeping grant fund for 48 projects providing targeted prevention and early intervention for those at imminent risk of sleeping rough; and

    • £10 million for 8 Social Impact Bond projects to provide personalised support for long-term rough sleepers.

Milton Keynes submitted bids for all three funds. In response to their cross-authority bid with Luton and Bedford for Rough Sleeping Grant funding, they were awarded £624,000.

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