Housing policy and strategy

We are working closely with our prevention team and partner organisations to help those who are sleeping rough get off the streets and into accommodation.

In 2017 the council published a five-year Rough Sleeping Strategy that ran until 2022. 

In 2023 council published a statement of intent which extended the Rough Sleeping Strategy.  An accompanying action plan has also been published. 

The statement of intent outlines:

• the council’s reasons for publishing a statement of intent
• an updated picture of the current rough sleeping landscape, including up-to-date data
• a summary of related work that will feed into the new strategies

Document

Rough Sleeping - statement of intent PDF, 155.69 KB, 3 pages

Document

Rough Sleeping Strategy 2017-2022 PDF, 1.65 MB, 15 pages

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Cabinet member decision report on Rough Sleeping Strategy 2017-2022 PDF, 134.25 KB, 10 pages

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Rough sleeping equality impact assessment tool PDF, 417.27 KB, 14 pages

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