Homelessness: Finance

(asked on 17th November 2021) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which initiatives his Department will prioritise for the £640 million homelessness funding outlined in the comprehensive spending review.


Answered by
Eddie Hughes Portrait
Eddie Hughes
This question was answered on 22nd November 2021

The Spending Review earmarked over £2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the next three years. This includes resource funding rising to £639 million by 2024-25, an increase of 85% in case terms compared to pre-pandemic levels.

The settlement demonstrates the Government's continued commitment to build on recent progress in ending rough sleeping, with multi-year funding enabling local partners to plan services more effectively and efficiently.

This additional funding will enable us to continue to support frontline services through the Rough Sleeping Initiative, support local authorities to fund their statutory duties to prevent homelessness and complete delivery of the 6,000 longer-term homes for rough sleepers under the Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme.

The detail of how this funding will be allocated to individual programmes will be determined in due course.

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