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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps he has taken to support people at risk of homelessness in Enfield North constituency.

The Government has committed over £800 million to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping this year, further demonstrating the Government’s commitment to end rough sleeping this Parliament and fully enforce the Homelessness Reduction Act. This includes a £65 million one-off top up to the Homelessness Prevention Grant, for local authorities to help vulnerable households with rent arrears to reduce the risk of them being evicted and becoming homeless, bringing total spend this year from the Homelessness Prevention Grant to £375 million.

Whilst the Department does not hold financial data for specific constituencies, Enfield London Borough council has received financial support for the following programmes:

In total, Enfield London Borough has received £11,662,119 in funding from the Department to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping.