Minister for Homelessness and Democracy (): I am pleased to announce to
the House, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local
Government has announced additional funding to local authorities
to support people sleeping rough this winter.
On 6 November, I set out £10 million of Rough Sleeping Winter
Pressures Funding to local authorities across England. Today my
department has increased this by a further £20 million.
The decision to provide additional funding underlines our
commitment to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping, and the
significant pressures local authorities face. I have written to
council leaders asking them to use this additional funding to
safeguard people who are particularly vulnerable and at risk of
sleeping rough this winter; and to encourage further join-up
between councils and their local community and voluntary sector
partnerships.
This £20 million allocation has been made available to 250 local
authorities with the greatest rough sleeping pressures and across
all London boroughs. The funding will support a range of
services, including finding solutions for vulnerable people
sleeping rough long term and supporting them with sustaining a
life away from the streets. It will also continue to fund
specialist support to vulnerable groups such as veterans, care
leavers and victims of domestic abuse who are sleeping rough.
Allocations will be published on Gov.uk.
The Government is committed to getting us back on track to ending
homelessness. This Winter Pressures 2024/25 funding will enable
local authorities to act to save lives.
