Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 9
9
Accepted
MHCLG exploring incentives and best practice sharing for homelessness prevention funding.
Recommendation
MHCLG told us that it was actively looking at ways to incentivise and support local government to move more funding into preventive rather than reactive activity.13 We pressed MHCLG on how it might achieve this. It explained that local authorities have different strategies–for example, in terms of intervening in the housing market or working with other agencies. While MHCLG said it would not pre-empt Ministerial decisions to come, it did refer to its work to spread best practice on procuring temporary accommodation between local authorities and confirmed it would do more to consider and share different authorities’ strategies for preventing homelessness.14
Government Response Summary
The government accepts the recommendation and has provided the Committee with its plans, targeting implementation by April 2025, for incentivising local authorities to improve their homelessness prevention duties and share best practices.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: April 2025 The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) wrote to the Committee alongside this Treasury Minute with its plans for incentivising local authorities to improve their homelessness prevention duties.