Homelessness

(asked on 27th September 2019) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of funding allocated to local authorities to implement the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.


Answered by
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Luke Hall
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 2nd October 2019

The government has provided £72.7 million in new burdens funding for local authorities to implement the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.  This government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period to April 2020. In 2020/2021 we are providing a further £422 million to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. This marks a £54 million increase in funding from the previous year. This highlights the government’s continued focus on Homelessness and Rough Sleeping, and we will announce how this additional funding has been allocated in due course.

We are also currently undertaking a review of the Act which includes a review of the new burdens funding.

Alongside this financial support the Department established the Homelessness Advice and Support Team (HAST). HAST is made up of experts from the homelessness sector and local authorities. The team has been working with, and supporting, local authorities to help them bring in the Act. They continue to provide support and assistance to improve their homelessness services.

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