Guidance and regulation

This guidance provides an overview of the duty to refer, which will help public authorities understand how to administer the duty.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 28 September 2018

• A guide to the duty to refer

  This guide is primarily designed for professionals in public authorities…

• Local authority duty to refer emails

  The email addresses below can be used by public bodies to make a referral…

Information regarding the allocation of Homelessness Prevention Grant funding for local authorities in the financial years 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 28 February 2024

• Homelessness Prevention Grant 2023 to 2025: technical note

  Background In July 2022 we launched a consultation on technical changes to…

Statutory guidance on the provision of accommodation for 16 and 17 year old young people who may be homeless and/or require accommodation.

• From: Department for Education and 2 others
• Updated: 30 April 2018

Factsheets providing background information on the measures within the Homelessness Reduction Act and the Homelessness (Review Procedure etc) Regulations 2018.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 22 February 2018

Good practice advice to support local authorities to meet the accommodation needs of care leavers.

• From: Department for Education and 1 others
• Updated: 3 May 2024

Allocations to local authorities that successfully applied for Rough Sleeping Initiative 2022 to 2025 funding.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 3 September 2022

Guidance on the Next Steps Accommodation Programme and information on the allocations received by local authorities through this programme.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 23 February 2021

Updated allocations to local authorities that successfully applied for Rough Sleeping Initiative 2022 to 2025 funding.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 22 January 2024

Guidance for staff involved in planning to discharge patients at risk of or experiencing homelessness, or who have no recourse to public funds.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 26 January 2024

This guidance explains the rights of European Economic Area (EEA) and Swiss citizens to access social housing and homelessness assistance in England.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 2 December 2020

Prospectus, guidance and proposal form for the Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme 2021-24.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 11 February 2022

Areas receiving Rough Sleeping Drug and Alcohol Treatment Grant 2022 to 2025 funding.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 3 September 2022

Prospectus and application guidance for the Single Homelessness Accommodation Programme (SHAP).

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 28 February 2024

When and how council statutory homelessness duties apply within the scheme.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 16 January 2023

Guide to support local authorities' planning and commissioning of supported lodgings to tackle youth homelessness.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 1 October 2008

Evidence and guidance to enable healthcare professionals to make improvements against wider factors that affect health and wellbeing.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 6 June 2019

Operating principles for commissioners and providers of night shelters for people experiencing rough sleeping.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 13 November 2023

Areas receiving Single Homelessness Accommodation Programme (SHAP) funding from application cycles 1 to 5.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 28 February 2024

Provides an overview of the duty to refer for NHS staff, including how to make a referral to a local authority.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 22 November 2018

Information regarding the allocation of Homelessness Prevention Grant - Homes for Ukraine funding top-up for local authorities in 2023 to 2025.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 28 February 2024