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4th Report - Tackling homelessness
Public Accounts Committee
HC 352
Published 24 January 2025
Recommendations
25
Deferred
England lacks a statutory homelessness strategy despite past committee recommendation and government agreement
Recommendation
Each of the UK devolved administrations has an overarching homelessness strategy or action plan. In late 2023, the Welsh Government also issued a consultation on homelessness, including proposals such as: extending local authorities’ prevention duty to six months; targeting prevention …
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Government Response Summary
The government agrees to produce a homelessness strategy for England, committing to engage with devolved administrations beforehand, but the target implementation date is after the Spending Review 2025.
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26
Deferred
Submissions highlight key priorities for homelessness strategy, including cross-government and voluntary sector support
Recommendation
Several written submissions to our inquiry suggested principles or priorities for a homelessness strategy. Crisis, for example, emphasised the need for evidence-based interventions that both support people to move on from homelessness for good and prevent it from happening in …
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Government Response Summary
The government agrees to consolidate rough sleeping and single homelessness grants into a single grant for 2025-26 and explore options for aligning Homelessness Prevention Grant funding with rough sleeping funding from 2026-27, with a consultation to be held.
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33
Deferred
Address critical skills shortages in construction within the long-term housing strategy by early 2025
Recommendation
MHCLG explained that it is committed to producing a long-term housing strategy early in 2025 that will focus on both supply and quality. It suggested that the strategy would set out a range of actions across the supply chain, on …
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Government Response Summary
The government agrees and will publish a long-term housing strategy, including actions to achieve its vision, after the Spending Review 2025. The response also notes Homes England's past housing delivery achievements.
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