Housing: Finance

(asked on 3rd February 2020) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2020 to Question 9589 on Homelessness: Finance, how much funding has been allocated to (a) Housing First pilots (b) the London Collaboration Project and (c) each of the smaller pilots and funding streams in 2020-21.


Answered by
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Luke Hall
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 6th February 2020

Funding allocations for 2020-21 for Housing First pilots, the London Collaboration Project and the Offender Accommodation Pilots are currently being finalised.

Regarding the Housing First pilots in 2019-20,?the Government has committed £7.9 million?to the project.

Regarding the London Collaboration Project, the Government committed £37.8 million to the project in 2018 over 4 years.

Regarding each of the smaller pilots and funding streams:

  • As part of the Rough Sleeping Strategy the Government committed £6.4 million to launch the Offender Accommodation Pilots to 2022.
  • The £11.2 million Rough Sleeping Impact Bond (SIB) is a payment-by-results programme so payment is made on delivery of outcomes agreed with MHCLG. The programme was established as part of the £50 million Homelessness Prevention Programme. Delivery began in October 2017 and will run until March 2021.
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