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Meeting: 29/01/2024 - Cabinet (Item 50)

50 Homeless and Rough Sleeping Prevention Strategy 2024-29 pdf icon PDF 109 KB

Key Decision

Councillor Tom Hollis – Deputy Leader and Executive Lead Member for Strategic Housing and Climate Change

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Cabinet was presented with the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Review 2024 and the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Prevention Strategy for 2024-2029.

 

Due to the requirements of the Homelessness Act 2002 for all housing

authorities to have in place a Homelessness Strategy based on a review of all forms of homelessness in their District to be renewed at least every 5 years, Members did not have any alternative options to consider.

 

RESOLVED that

a)    the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Review 2024, as presented, be approved;

 

b)    the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Prevention Strategy 2024-2029, as appended to the report, be approved.

 

Reason:

Under Sections 1-4 of the Homelessness Act 2002, all housing authorities must have in place a Homelessness Strategy based on a review of all forms of homelessness in their District, renewed at least every 5 years.