Guidance

Single Homelessness Accommodation Programme

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

Applies to England

Documents

Strategic Gap Analysis application template

Single Homelessness Accommodation Programme: prospectus and guidance (Greater London) (PDF, 412 KB)

Single Homelessness Accommodation Programme: funding allocations round 1 to 5

Details

The government announced the Single Homelessness Accommodation Programme (SHAP) following the publication of the Rough Sleeping Strategy in September 2022.

SHAP is a £200 million fund to deliver up to 2400 homes and support services for people sleeping rough or at risk of sleeping rough. SHAP will provide supported housing, Housing First and housing-led accommodation for two target groups: adults experiencing multiple disadvantage who may have a history of rough sleeping and require high levels of support, and young people at risk of or experiencing homelessness or rough sleeping.

The government has announced that a further £107.3 million has been made available to successful areas through application cycle 5 of SHAP, following the £148.4 million made available through application cycles 1-4.

Funding cycle 5 was the final funding cycle. All 5 funding cycles have now been completed and the bidding window is closed.

All allocations are subject to due diligence and contracting processes with DLUHC, Homes England and the Greater London Authority. Payment of this is funding is also subject to successful completion of milestones as set out in successful bids.

Published 7 December 2022
Last updated 28 February 2024 + show all updates
  1. Updated to reflect that the bidding window is closed and added a link to the funding cycle 5 allocations.

  2. Added Single Homelessness Accommodation Programme (SHAP) allocations: rounds 1 to 4.

  3. Updated Revenue for Support application template.

  4. Added drafting templates for Locality Strategic Gap Analysis, and Revenue for Support application.

  5. First published.