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Nearly £220 million given to councils across the country to help deliver over 800 homes for rough sleepers and help prevent families from becoming homeless

• Updated: 28 February 2024

Over £17 million to help rough sleepers into long term housing as cold weather bites. Money to provide more bed spaces for areas most in need.

• Updated: 15 January 2024

People at risk of homelessness will be helped into stable, long-term accommodation thanks to nearly £150 million of government funding.

• Updated: 28 November 2023

Rough sleepers to access a safe place to stay and vital support to help turn their lives around as funding is given to 26 night shelters across England.

• Updated: 29 September 2023

Funding will be allocated across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, helping support Ukrainian families into their own homes.

• Updated: 10 June 2023

Rough sleepers will be given a safe place to stay and vital support to help turn their lives around, backed by £3.3 million government funding

• Updated: 18 May 2023

The Homelessness Prevention Grant will support vulnerable people in England who are homeless or at risk of losing their home.

• Updated: 23 December 2022

Government today publishes landmark £2 billion Rough Sleeping Strategy to drive forward manifesto commitment to end rough sleeping for good

• Updated: 3 September 2022

Government to consult local authorities on reforms that will ensure funding covering 2023/24 onwards is allocated fairly and based on current need.

• Updated: 1 July 2022

The government is set to repeal the Vagrancy Act as part of plans to end rough sleeping for good.

• Updated: 7 April 2022

A pioneering scheme to take rough sleepers off the street and into housing has now helped more than 500 people in the West Midlands.

• Updated: 24 March 2022

Letter to local authorities from Eddie Hughes following the publication of the annual single night snapshot of the number of people sleeping rough in local authorities across England.

• Updated: 7 March 2022

The number of people sleeping rough on England’s streets is at its lowest level in 8 years and has halved since 2017.

• Updated: 24 February 2022

Ministers called on business and charity leaders to be more generous in offering employment opportunities to former homeless people.

• Updated: 22 February 2022

Rough sleepers across England will be supported off the streets and into long-term homes with £174 million funding boost.

• Updated: 11 February 2022

Letter to all local councils in England to update them on plans to protect and vaccinate rough sleepers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Updated: 21 December 2021

The Homelessness Prevention Grant will support households in England who are homeless or at risk of losing their home.

• Updated: 21 December 2021

The Protect and Vaccinate scheme will help to increase vaccine uptake among people who are homeless and sleeping rough.

• Updated: 20 December 2021

£66 million funding will provide safe and warm accommodation over winter.

• Updated: 29 October 2021

Vulnerable renters struggling due to the impact of the pandemic will be helped by a £65 million support package.

• Updated: 23 October 2021