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Homelessness Strategy: Housing First

Monday 24 November 2025 · 2 questions

Summarised by AI from the official record, so it can contain mistakes.

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Answered 1 Partly answered 1 Not answered 0

Key points

  • Housing First is identified as a tried and tested intervention to provide person-centred and trauma-informed support for people with complex needs.
  • The Minister mentioned the use of flexible funding, including a 255 million rough sleeping prevention and recovery grant, available to councils.
  • The Minister stated that homelessness and rough sleeping doubled under the previous Tory Government and highlighted plans for a homelessness strategy and a fair funding review policy statement.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Patrick Hurley Lab Southport
Housing
Context

The MP references the planned homelessness strategy and Housing First, an intervention aimed at preventing long-term rough sleeping for those with complex needs.

Question

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?

Answer from The Minister for Local Government and Homelessness (Alison McGovern)

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 David Simmonds Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
Immigration Housing
Context

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.

Question

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?

Answer from The Minister for Local Government and Homelessness (Alison McGovern)

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.

Partly answered

Not addressed: Commitment to lifting restrictions on councils' use of the homelessness reduction grant and specific funding for asylum seekers

How: Under Review

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