Issue - meetings

Cabinet member: Cllr Maureen Attewell

To consider a report on adopting the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2020-2025.

Cabinet considered a report on the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2020-2025.

The Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2020-2025 sets out how the Council will tackle and prevent homelessness in the borough. The strategy sets out six key priorities, and is based upon the findings of an extensive Homelessness Review, feedback from two stakeholder events held in 2019, extensive feedback from local partners from the statutory and voluntary sectors, and responses from a six week public consultation which ran from December 2019 to January 2020.

Alternative options considered and rejected by the Cabinet: Do nothing

Resolved to approve the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2020-2025 as appended to the report.

Reason for Decision

The Council is required under the Homelessness Act 2002 to have a Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy, which is now out of date. Following an extensive review the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2020-2025 sets out how the Council will tackle and prevent homelessness in the borough.