The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is implementing homelessness prevention funding and strategies through the National Plan to End Homelessness, addressing housing provision and local accommodation duties. Multiple bills are in development including the Homelessness Prevention Bill and Housing and Homelessness (Local Accommodation Duty) Bill, with consultations on traveller caravan statistics and emergency housing packages. The policy aims to prevent homelessness and provide sustainable housing solutions.
In response to: Statutory homelessness in England: October to December 2025
Accredited official statistics on statutory homelessness applications, duties, and outcomes for local authorities in England.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 9 April (HL15984), how they plan to mitigate the risk of funding from the Ending Homelessness in Communities Fund being concentrated among larger organisatio
In response to: Support for housebuilding in London
Please see consultation document, available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/traveller-caravan-count-statistics , for details of the proposed changes. The deadline for responses is Wednesday 24th December 2025.
UIN: HCWS1154 Today, the government has published its National Plan to End Homelessness. For the first time ever, this is a truly cross-government strategy, with commitments from all relevant departments to both reduce homelessness and rough sleeping and – where …
UIN: HLWS1152 My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness (Alison McGovern MP) has today made the following statement:Today, the government has published its National Plan to End Homelessness. For the first time ever, this is …
This strategy sets out our long-term vision to end homelessness and rough sleeping, making sure everyone has access to a safe and secure home.
UIN: HCWS950 I am pleased to announce to the House that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has allocated £84 million in additional funding across four homelessness and rough sleeping grants for 2025/26:£69.9 million uplift to the Rough …
UIN: HLWS945 My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness (Alison McGovern MP) has today made the following statement:I am pleased to announce to the House that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has …
We support the Government’s current stated intention to focus more on prevention to reduce the demand for more expensive acute services in the long term. These preventative services have been weakened by a decade of underfunding in local government. However, …
In response to: Funding arrangements for the Homelessness Prevention Grant from 2026/27 onwards
In response to: Funding arrangements for the Homelessness Prevention Grant from 2026/27 onwards
This consultation seeks views on the approach to the Homelessness Prevention Grant from 2026/27 onwards.
MHCLG said it had already begun to focus funding on prevention in a number of ways, including the introduction of a new £270 million grant for children’s social care prevention. It had also increased the overall homelessness prevention grant for …
It is essential that the strategy to end homelessness has buy-in across all government departments and local authorities, and so we welcome the creation of the Inter-Ministerial Group on Homelessness and Rough Sleeping to bring about this collaboration. It is …
The Group should publish its final output, a strategy on ending homelessness, by July 2025—before the summer recess—so that the Government, homelessness organisations, and local authorities have sufficient time to start implementing the strategy and making meaningful progress towards ending …
We welcome the Government’s decision to increase homelessness funding for 2025/26, including the £192.9 million uplift to the Homelessness Prevention Grant (HPG). However, the decision to ringfence 49% of HPG funding for activities to prevent and relieve homelessness may be …
We are also concerned that the Government’s decision to re-freeze Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates from April 2025 will undermine the impact of additional homelessness grant funding. We have seen compelling evidence that this is a false economy. Re-freezing LHA …
MHCLG and the Department for Work and Pensions must use the Inter- Ministerial Group as an opportunity to evaluate the link between welfare reforms and homelessness, particularly regarding LHA rates. We agree with the Government on the principle that, as …
This consultation seeks views on the approach to the Homelessness Prevention Grant from 2026/27 onwards.
This consultation seeks views on the approach to the Homelessness Prevention Grant from 2026/27 onwards.
We are not convinced that, in setting Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates, the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) has given due consideration to the impact on homelessness. Reforms to welfare benefits since 2011, including periodically capping and freezing LHA …
Tackling homelessness has long been hampered by the absence of a joined up, cross-government approach. Each of the UK devolved administrations has an overarching homelessness strategy or action plan. By contrast, there is no strategy or target for homelessness in …
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) on the effectiveness of government in tackling …
In its written submission, the Shared Health Foundation emphasised that, aside from plans to build more houses, national prevention strategies for all forms of homelessness remain limited. It claimed that many families facing homelessness are told by local authorities to …
MHCLG explained that a £230 million increase in allocations for homelessness in the autumn 2024 budget, including uplifts in the Homelessness Prevention Grant, and an improved wider local government finance settlement, should help local authorities to do more preventive work. …
We challenged MHCLG about what it is doing to help local authorities reduce their reliance on B&Bs. It explained that it had added a condition to the Homelessness Prevention Grant, so that it now requires any local authority with more …
Each of the UK devolved administrations has an overarching homelessness strategy or action plan. In late 2023, the Welsh Government also issued a consultation on homelessness, including proposals such as: extending local authorities’ prevention duty to six months; targeting prevention …
Several written submissions to our inquiry suggested principles or priorities for a homelessness strategy. Crisis, for example, emphasised the need for evidence-based interventions that both support people to move on from homelessness for good and prevent it from happening in …
MHCLG explained that an inter-ministerial group on homelessness now exists, and it chairs the equivalent officials group. It plans to produce a cross-government strategy for tackling homelessness in 2025, which will include a number of metrics and set out the …
We pressed MHCLG on the poor coordination in funding for homelessness caused by the absence of a cross-government strategy. Local authorities need to understand numerous funding streams, from different government departments. MHCLG explained that its November 2024 local government funding …
UIN: HCWS371 I am pleased to announce to the House, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has announced additional funding to local authorities to support people sleeping rough this winter.On 6 November, I set out £10 million of …
UIN: HLWS368 My Honourable Friend the Minister for Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Democracy (Rushanara Ali MP) has today made the following statement:I am pleased to announce to the House, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Gov...
UIN: HCWS336 We are facing a homelessness crisis across the country, with unprecedented levels of homelessness and a sharp increase in rough sleeping. There are a record 123,100 households living in temporary accommodation, including 159,380 children. The number of pe...
UIN: HLWS330 My Honourable Friend the Minister for Homelessness and Democracy (Rushanara Ali MP) has today made the following statement:We are facing a homelessness crisis across the country, with unprecedented levels of homelessness and a sharp increase in rough slee...
UIN: HCWS194 I am pleased to announce to the House, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has today taken an important step towards tackling homelessness.The Deputy Prime Minister will chair the first cross-government Inter-Ministerial Group on Hom...
UIN: HLWS191 My Honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Homelessness and Democracy (Rushanara Ali MP) has today made the following statement:I am pleased to announce to the House, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has …
Assessing whether DLUHC is working with government departments and local authorities to maximise their ability to tackle homelessness Report type: value_for_money | Departments: ['Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government'] | Topics: ['Housing', 'Local government', 'Local service delive
UIN: HCWS297 I am pleased to inform the House that my Department has today confirmed further funding for three of our Homelessness and Rough Sleeping grants:£107 million allocated through the Single Homelessness Accommodation Programme;£109 million allocated to counci...
UIN: HLWS291 My Honourable friend the Minister for Housing and Homelessness (Felicity Buchan MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I am pleased to inform the House that my Department has today confirmed further funding for three of our Homelessness …
We questioned the usefulness of the spend data DLUHC had collected from local authorities, given it was often qualitative and provided voluntarily.19 DLUHC stressed that from the start it had needed to balance the demand for data against placing a …
DLLUHC told us that 790 Ukrainian households taking part in the scheme were currently in temporary accommodation, and 8% were either experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness at any particular time.28 We asked DLUHC how it would respond in …
In response to: Technical consultation on consequential changes to the homelessness legislation
In response to: Technical consultation on consequential changes to the homelessness legislation
A technical consultation on the consequential amendments to homelessness legislation as a result of the Renters Reform Bill, namely, the removal of section 21 evictions, assured shorthold tenancies and fixed-term tenancies.
A technical consultation on the consequential amendments to homelessness legislation as a result of the Renters Reform Bill, namely, the removal of section 21 evictions, assured shorthold tenancies and fixed-term tenancies.
This consultation seeks views on how the government could improve local accountability for the delivery of homelessness services.
In response to: Homelessness Prevention Grant 2023/24 onwards: technical consultation
In response to: Homelessness Prevention Grant 2023/24 onwards: technical consultation
In response to: Homelessness Prevention Grant 2023/24 onwards: technical consultation
In response to: Homelessness Prevention Grant 2023/24 onwards: technical consultation
Consultation on the funding arrangements and conditions for the Homelessness Prevention Grant for 2023/24 onwards.
A technical consultation on the consequential amendments to homelessness legislation as a result of the Renters Reform Bill, namely, the removal of section 21 evictions, assured shorthold tenancies and fixed-term tenancies.
UIN: HCWS410 The Government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living and has taken decisive action to support households. This includes the Energy Price Guarantee, to support households with their energy bills over the winter, and …
UIN: HLWS401 My Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communites and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations(The Rt Hon. Michael Gove MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The Government understands the pressures peopl...
UIN: HLWS278 My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Levelling UP, Housing and Communities (Greg Clark) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:On 3 September Government published its new strategy to end rough sleeping in England.This Governme...
This is a cross-government strategy setting out how the government and its partners will end rough sleeping for good.
UIN: HCWS283 On 3 September Government published its new strategy to end rough sleeping in England.This Government has made the unprecedented pledge to end rough sleeping within this Parliament and this strategy will help us to deliver that goal. Working …
Consultation on the funding arrangements and conditions for the Homelessness Prevention Grant for 2023/24 onwards.
This consultation seeks views on the approach to the funding for the Homelessness Prevention Grant provided to all local housing authorities in England. This is a technical consultation on updating the funding formula for allocations to local authorities, amending the …
Consultation on the funding arrangements and conditions for the Homelessness Prevention Grant for 2023/24 onwards.
This consultation seeks views on the approach to the funding for the Homelessness Prevention Grant provided to all local housing authorities in England. This is a technical consultation on updating the funding formula for allocations to local authorities, amending the …
A Bill to require banks to provide current accounts for homeless people seeking work; and for connected purposes.
This consultation seeks views on the replacement of offences previously held in the Vagrancy Act. This covers the following areas: How to replace the offences in the Vagrancy Act which prohibit begging in an appropriate way that prioritises getting individuals …
This consultation seeks views on the replacement of offences previously held in the Vagrancy Act. This covers the following areas: How to replace the offences in the Vagrancy Act which prohibit begging in an appropriate way that prioritises getting individuals …
UIN: HLWS622 My Hon. Friend, the Minister for rough sleeping and housing (Eddie Hughes) has today made the following statement:Today the annual rough sleeping snapshot is published which shows that the number of people estimated to be sleeping rough on …
A Bill to require banks to provide current accounts for homeless people seeking work; and for connected purposes.
UIN: HCWS34 On Saturday, the Government announced the allocation of an additional £203 million to 210 areas (representing 281 local authorities) across England to tackle rough sleeping and provide support for people living on the streets. No one should have …
UIN: HLWS32 My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Robert Jenrick) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:On Saturday, the Government announced the allocation of an additional £203 ...
We call on the Government to deliver a specific financial package—we prefer discretionary housing payments—to support tenants to repay rent arrears caused by covid-19, in consultation with the Local Government Association and appropriate bodies representing renters and landlords. We received …
We call on the Government to return to the spirit of the early pandemic and re- commit to Everyone In. This requires providing legal clarity for local authorities. We recommend the Government immediately issues clear guidance to local authorities stating …
UIN: HLWS854 My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Robert Jenrick) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Today (18 March 2021), the Government is launching the next phase of …
UIN: HCWS861 Today (18 March 2021), the Government is launching the next phase of the Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme. Councils across England are invited to bid for a share of funding totalling £212 million for 2021/22 to 2023/24 to deliver …
The Department still does not have a plan for achieving its target of ending rough sleeping by 2024, and risks failing to capitalise on the successes of Everyone In. Following the general election in December 2019 the government began this …
The Department has provided a number of different funding streams to local authorities to cover the pandemic response for people sleeping rough, but many are short-term and reactive, and the Department does not have a cohesive long- term funding plan …
The Department’s current Rough Sleeping Strategy was launched in August 2018, with a commitment to end rough sleeping by 2027.22 In December 2019 the new Government was elected with a manifesto commitment to end rough sleeping by May 2024, three …
As of January 2021, local authorities said they were expecting to spend an extra £192 million in the 2020–21 financial year, in respect of additional spending on homelessness and rough sleeping as a result of the pandemic.46 The Department considers …
In addition, the Department is providing around £700 million for rough sleeping and homelessness in 2020–21, with the majority of this funding distributed through local authorities.49 Before the pandemic, the Department had planned to spend £495 million in 2020–21, as …
Since October 2020, the Department has made a series of smaller funding commitments for the winter months, including a £10 million Cold Weather Fund, £12 million Protect Programme and £10 million in January 2021 for extra COVID protection for people …
A Bill to place a duty on local authorities to ensure that persons for whom a homeless duty has been accepted are accommodated in the local area, including on discharge into private rented accommodati
UIN: HCWS694 Last week I announced further support to protect the most vulnerable through the national lockdown. This includes further efforts and funding to protect rough sleepers and ensure they are registered with a GP, where they are not already. …
UIN: HCWS644 At Spring Budget 2020, the Chancellor announced funding for substance misuse treatment and recovery services for vulnerable people sleeping rough in England. Today, I am announcing the allocations of this year’s funding, totalling £23 million across 43 pr...
UIN: HLWS638 My Hon. Friend, the Minister for rough sleeping and housing (Kelly Tolhurst) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:At Spring Budget 2020, the Chancellor announced funding for substance misuse treatment and recovery services for vulner...
UIN: HLWS552 My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Robert Jenrick) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement: Today, in light of the national restrictions, I have announced targeted, …
UIN: HCWS559 Today, in light of the national restrictions, I have announced targeted, additional support for areas with higher numbers of rough sleepers, to enable local authorities to protect the most vulnerable in our society from the effects of COVID-19.This …
UIN: HLWS505 My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Robert Jenrick) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Today, I have announced additional support for rough sleepers this winter, ...
UIN: HCWS469 The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, which came into force in April 2018, is the most ambitious reform to homelessness legislation in decades and our manifesto committed to enforce the Act in full. It is a key lever for …
UIN: HLWS464 My Hon. Friend, the Minister of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for rough sleeping and housing (Kelly Tolhurst) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, which came into force in April 2018, is …
UIN: HLWS452 My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Robert Jenrick) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:On 18 July, as part of the Government’s ‘Everyone In’ initiative, we …
UIN: HCWS457 On 18 July, as part of the Government’s ‘Everyone In’ initiative, we launched the Next Steps Accommodation Programme to support local authorities and their partners to prevent the nearly 15,000 people accommodated during the pandemic from returning to …
UIN: HCWS311 Today I am announcing a further £105 million for local authorities to enable them to support and accommodate rough sleepers.At the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government took quick action to accommodate rough sleepers and those in …
UIN: HLWS305 My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Robert Jenrick) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Today I am announcing a further £105 million for local authorities to …
UIN: HCWS263 Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Government has worked closely with local authorities, charities and health providers to offer accommodation to as many rough sleepers as possible in order to help them stay safe during the pandemic.We …
A Bill to require banks to provide current accounts for homeless people seeking work; and for connected purposes.
UIN: HCWS69 Today, I am announcing provisional allocations of up to £112 million for a third year of Rough Sleeping Initiative and Rapid Rehousing Pathway funding. This funding covers around 270 local authorities in England, including those that were part …
UIN: HLWS65 My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Robert Jenrick) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Today, I am announcing provisional allocations of up to £112 million for …
Government response to recommendations from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
This consultation seeks views on how the government could improve local accountability for the delivery of homelessness services.
This consultation seeks views on how the government could improve local accountability for the delivery of homelessness services.
Delivery plan setting out progress and next steps on the August 2018 Rough Sleeping Strategy.
Delivery plan setting out progress and next steps on the August 2018 Rough Sleeping Strategy.
Consultation on the draft homelessness code of guidance document from government to local authorities.
A Bill to make provision about end of life care and support for homeless people with terminal illnesses, including through the provision of housing for such people; and for connected purposes.
Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con): 2. What progress he has made on implementing his duties under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017. The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Rory Stewart): I should like to begin by paying tribute to my …
Consultation on the draft homelessness code of guidance document from government to local authorities.
Consultation on the draft homelessness code of guidance document from government to local authorities.
A Bill to require banks to provide current accounts for homeless people seeking work; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to make provision about measures for reducing homelessness; and for connected purposes. Originated in the Commons.
Government response to the Communities and Local Government Select Committee reports on homelessness and on the Homelessness Reduction Bill.
Order of Commitment Discharged 10:07:00 Relevant document: 19th Report from the Delegated Powers Committee. Motion Moved by Lord Best: That the order of commitment be discharged. Lord Best (CB): My Lords, I understand that no amendments have been set down …
Second Reading 10:05:00 Moved by Lord Best: That the Bill be now read a second time. Lord Best (CB): My Lords, it is a great honour for me to pilot this ground-breaking Private Member’s Bill through your Lordships’ House. I …
A Bill to make provision about measures for reducing homelessness; and for connected purposes. Originated in the Commons.
First Reading 15:11:00 The Bill was brought from the Commons, read a first time and ordered to be printed.
[Relevant documents: Fifth Report of the Communities and Local Government Committee, T he draft Homelessness Reduction Bill, HC 635, and Third Report of the Communities and Local Government Committee, Homelessness, HC 40 .] Consideration of Bill, as amended in the …
A Bill to make provision about measures for reducing homelessness; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to make provision about measures for reducing homelessness; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to make provision about measures for reducing homelessness; and for connected purposes.
Second Reading 09:34:00 Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con): I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. Before I begin my remarks, I place on the record a declaration of interest. I have a small number …
A Bill to make provision about measures for reducing homelessness; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to make provision about measures for reducing homelessness; and for connected purposes.
We are seeking comments on the amount and proposed distribution of the new ‘former Independent Living Fund (ILF) recipient grant’.
We are seeking comments on the amount and proposed distribution of the new ‘former Independent Living Fund (ILF) recipient grant’.
We are seeking comments on the amount and proposed distribution of the new ‘former Independent Living Fund (ILF) recipient grant’.
A Bill to protect persons whose tenancies are not binding on mortgages and to require mortgagees to give notice of the proposed execution of possession orders. Originated in the Commons.
A Bill to protect persons whose tenancies are not binding on mortgages and to require mortgagees to give notice of the proposed execution of possession orders. Originated in the Commons.
A Bill to protect persons whose tenancies are not binding on mortgages and to require mortgagees to give notice of the proposed execution of possession orders.
A Bill to protect persons whose tenancies are not binding on mortgages and to require mortgagees to give notice of the proposed execution of possession orders.
A Bill to protect persons whose tenancies are not binding on mortgages and to require mortgagees to give notice of the proposed execution of possession orders.
A Bill to protect persons whose tenancies are not binding on mortgages and to require mortgagees to give notice of the proposed execution of possession orders.
A Bill to protect persons whose tenancies are not binding on mortgages and to require mortgagees to give notice of the proposed execution of possession orders.