Prospectus and application guidance for the Single Homelessness
Accommodation Programme (SHAP).
From:
Department for Levelling
Up, Housing and Communities
Published
7 December 2022
Last updated
4 January 2023 — See all updates
Applies to England Documents
Single Homelessness
Accommodation Programme: prospectus and guidance (outside of
Greater London)
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Strategic Gap Analysis
application template
ODT, 26.7 KB
This file is in an OpenDocument format
Revenue for Support
application template
ODT, 42.2 KB
This file is in an OpenDocument format
Details
The government announced the Single Homelessness
Accommodation Programme (SHAP) following the publication of
the Rough Sleeping
Strategy in September 2022.
SHAP is a £200 million fund to deliver up to 2400 homes and
support services for people sleeping rough or at risk of sleeping
rough. SHAP will provide supported housing, Housing First and
housing-led accommodation for two target groups: adults
experiencing multiple disadvantage who may have a history of
rough sleeping and require high levels of support, and young
people at risk of or experiencing homelessness or rough sleeping.
The prospectus contains an overview of SHAP and provides
details of what will be funded and how to apply for funding.
Application materials
As described in the prospectus, SHAP applications are formed of
two parts: a council-submitted Strategic Gap Analysis and an
individual capital and/or revenue funding Bid.
Drafting templates for each component can be downloaded above.
Use of these templates is highly recommended to support sharing
and collaboration and to serve as a back-up should you encounter
any connectivity issues while submitting final forms online.
A brief outline of each application component is provided below:
1. Locality Strategic Gap Analysis
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Submission of a Strategic Gap Analysis by council officers is
a requirement for the assessment of any funding bid(s) from
the locality area. This is a requirement both in and out of
London.
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A drafting template for this form can be found in the
‘Document’ section above.
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Access the Citizen
Space portal to submit the gap analysis.
2. Revenue for Support application
3. Funding for Accommodation
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Homes England’s IMS portal for capital applications outside
of London will open on 13 January. The Citizen Space capital
application form for bidders who are ineligible for the Homes
England route will open on the same day. Bidders in London
should follow application guidance in the GLA prospectus.
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Guidance for IMS and Citizen Space will be published
alongside the opening of the application portal.
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The Revenue to Deliver Accommodation application portal will
also be open on the 13 January, with guidance to follow.
If you have any further queries about the application process,
please contact the SHAP team at shap@levellingup.gov.uk.
