Homelessness Strategy Housing First 2025-11-24
2025-11-24
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Q1
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The MP references the planned homelessness strategy and Housing First, an intervention aimed at preventing long-term rough sleeping for those with complex needs.
Why has Housing First been identified as a tried and tested intervention to reach those who most need our help, so will the Minister expand on what plans she has to roll out Housing First, especially in the Liverpool city region, to ensure that we work effectively across state agencies and support people experiencing homelessness into stable, long-term housing?
Housing First is a way to provide person-centred and trauma-informed support for people with complex needs, which is crucial in preventing long-term rough sleeping. Councils across England can use flexible funding, including the £255 million rough sleeping prevention and recovery grant, to commission Housing First services. The Liverpool city region combined authority received nearly £4 million of this funding through the grant this year.
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Q2
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The MP notes that homelessness and rough sleeping are surging in London and the south-east. He also mentions restrictions on councils' use of the homelessness reduction grant.
Given the surge in homelessness and rough sleeping under this Government, with London and the southeast hardest hit due to collapsed social housing delivery, will the Minister commit to lifting the restrictions that have been placed on councils’ use of the homelessness reduction grant? Additionally, will she fund councils for the growing impact of asylum seekers on homelessness pressures?
Homelessness and rough sleeping doubled under the previous Tory Government. Our homelessness strategy will be published shortly, along with a policy statement on the fair funding review to stabilise council funding and target it at areas with significant levels of deprivation.
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Commitment to lifting restrictions on councils' use of the homelessness reduction grant and specific funding for asylum seekers
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