Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support his Department provides to local charitable organisations that deal with homelessness.

We have invested more than £500 million in local authority and voluntary sevices to tackle homelessness and support vulnerable people. Our investment, backed by one of the strongest safety legislative nets in the world, ensures that no family should ever be without a roof over their heads.

Our work with homelessness voluntary sector organisations includes:

- The £20 million Homelessness Transition Fund, supporting 175 voluntary sector projects for single homeless people. The Fund also supported the national roll out of No Second Night Out to ensure that rough sleepers are found quickly and helped off the streets. This investment means that 67% of rough sleepers in 20 key rough sleeping areas outside of London do not face more than one night on the streets.

- Investing £13 million in Crisis’ Access to the Private Rented Sector programme. Since it began in 2010, 153 voluntary sector led projects have helped 9,320 vulnerable people into accommodation with over 90% maintaining tenancies for at least six months.

- Ensuring that staff working on the homelessness frontline have the tools and skills they need to support vulnerable people. Our £10 million investment into the National Homelessness Advice Service has trained over 23,000 local authority, voluntary sector and Citizens Advice Bureax staff and has dealt with over 40,000 telephone cases.

- Supporting St Mungo's Broadway and Homeless Link to deliver SteetLink, the pioneering telephone line, app and website which allows members of the public to help connect rough sleepers to local services and help them off the streets quicker. Since December 2012, there have been 24,495 referrals for local authorities to investigate.

- Working with the Greater London Assembly, we have invested £5 million in the world's first homelessness social impact bond to deliver better outcomes for 831 of London's most frequent rough sleepers. More recently, we have expanded this model investing £15 million in seven voluntary sector led social impact bonds through the Fair Chance Fund. The seven projects will support 1,600 vulnerable young people into accommodation, training and employment.