Veterans: Homelessness
(asked on 31st January 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to end homelessness among veterans in Greater Manchester.
Answered by
Felicity Buchan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
For 2022/23 local authorities have been provided with £366 million through the Homelessness Prevention Grant to meet their homelessness strategies, including support for homeless veterans. Funding allocations can be found here. In addition, the Government recently announced a further £8.55m to support the delivery of new veteran supported housing.
Data on households who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness, for England including those in Greater Manchester show levels of veteran homelessness is low - less than 1% of homeless households.
Latest numbers for Greater Manchester can be found within the quarterly data publication (Apr - June) available here (Table A3).