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…

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

• Discharging people at risk of or experiencing homelessness

  About this guidance This guidance is for staff in care transfer hubs and…

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• From: Department for Education and 2 others
• Updated: 26 October 2020

Information regarding the allocation of Homelessness Prevention Grant funding for local authorities in the financial year 2022 to 2023.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 4 December 2022

Immigration staff guidance on considering refusing or cancelling permission on the grounds of rough sleeping.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 17 November 2021

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

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

Information regarding the allocation of flexible homelessness support grant and homelessness reduction grant funding local authorities will receive in 2020 to 2021.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 23 December 2019

Information regarding the allocation of the £150 million additional funding for local authorities across the UK to help support Ukrainian guests move into their own homes and reduce the risk of homelessness.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 10 June 2023

A new grant to support the essential work of the voluntary and community sector to deliver a sustained reduction in homelessness and rough sleeping.

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