Homelessness

(asked on 15th May 2025) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including longer-term funding settlements for homelessness services in the (a) Comprehensive Spending Review and (b) Homelessness Strategy.


Answered by
Rushanara Ali Portrait
Rushanara Ali
This question was answered on 22nd May 2025

Future funding for homelessness services is subject to the outcome of phase 2 of the Spending Review.

Councils can also draw from the wider local government finance settlement to help meet homelessness costs. We know that the sector has long called for long-term certainty on its budgets. That is why the government is committed to providing a multi-year funding settlement starting in 2026-27.

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