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Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2024-2029

Meeting: 05/02/2024 - Executive (Item 93)

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Report of Assistant Director – Wellbeing and Housing

 

Purpose of report

 

To consider and approve the Council’s new Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2024-2029.

 

Recommendations

 

The meeting is recommended:

 

1.1       To approve the new Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2024-2029 and accompanying Action Plan.

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

Resolved

 

(1)          That the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2024-2029 and accompanying Action Plan be approved.

Minutes:

The Assistant Director – Wellbeing and Housing submitted a report to consider and approve the Council’s new Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2024-2029.

 

Resolved

 

(1)          That the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2024-2029 and accompanying Action Plan be approved.

 

Reasons

 

The Council is committed to providing a quality housing options, advice and homelessness service in accordance with our statutory duties. The Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2024-2029 will provide a strategic framework to enable this.

 

Alternative options

 

Option 1: Not to bring forward a Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy

This option is not considered as reviewing homelessness and producing a strategy every 5 years is part of the Council’s statutory duties and part of the statutory duties of providing housing options and advice services.