Recommendation 19

Homes England recognised that success in delivering housing would rely on close working with local authorities, good relationships with developers and mindfulness over land value as the key determinant of delivery and maximising value for money from public subsidy of housing.50 We asked the Department about its plan for long-term support, in recognition that building homes alone was not enough to keep people off the streets. The Department told us that, as part of its rough sleeping accommodation programme, it had made available £31 million to support rough sleepers transition into more sustainable pathways, as well as its £112 million rough sleeping initiative funding. We agreed with the Department that successful housing delivery was a long-term commitment and asked how it would ensure it was able to deliver this. The Department confirmed that was working through what funding it needed in future to continue with its support for rough sleepers.51 43 Q 80 44 Q 71 45 Qq 72–73 46 Qq 74–75 47 Qq 76–77 48 Qq 78–79 49 Q 97 50 Qq 56, 66 51 Qq 10–12, 87 14 Starter Homes