Homelessness: Temporary Accommodation

(asked on 17th January 2022) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of York's NAPpads for homeless people; and if he would consider expanding the programme to other areas.


Answered by
Eddie Hughes Portrait
Eddie Hughes
This question was answered on 25th January 2022

This Government is committed to ending rough sleeping this Parliament and believes everyone deserves a roof over their head. The NAPpad scheme is one of several innovative solutions being used by local authorities and voluntary organisations to tackle rough sleeping.

The Government recognises that local authorities are best placed to make decisions on what local services they provide, based on local priorities and circumstances. It is therefore up to individual local authorities as to which interventions make up their rough sleeping response.

We have provided £203 million investment through the Rough Sleeping Initiative this year (2021-2022) – an 81% increase from the £112 million provided last year – funding up to 14,500 bed spaces and 2,700 support staff across England. This includes immediate work to support people off the street, moving people on from emergency accommodation as well as longer-term housing-led solutions through multi-disciplinary support and more sustainable accommodation such as PRS access schemes.

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