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Accepted
Under its Rough Sleeper Accommodation Programme, the Department has distributed £161 million funding against bids...
Conclusion
Under its Rough Sleeper Accommodation Programme, the Department has distributed £161 million funding against bids from local authorities for the provision of 3,300 homes for housing rough sleepers.76 In October the Department led us to believe the majority of these homes would be new housing, that is, additions to the housing stock.77 In our recent evidence session, however, it clarified that the vast majority would be acquisitions or refurbishments of existing housing (albeit some would be refurbishments of “moribund stock”).78
Government Response Summary
The government 'agrees' with the committee's observation (mistakenly calling it a recommendation) and commits to reporting progress on the delivery of 3,300 homes under the Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme, providing further details on housing routes, and writing to the Committee by May 2021.
Government Response
Accepted
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
6.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: May 2021 6.2 The Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme represents the biggest ever government investment in move-on accommodation for rough sleepers. The department welcomes the opportunity to report progress on the delivery of 3,300 homes under the Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme and will provide further details on the routes out of the provision into other forms of housing. The department will write directly to the Committee within the specified time frame in the recommendation.
Source
Committee
Public Accounts Committee
Inquiry
COVID-19: Housing rough sleepers
Report
Forty-Ninth Report - COVID-19: housing people sleeping rough
17 Mar 2021
HC 934
Addressee Bodies
HM Treasury
Timeline
Recommendation age
5.4 yrs
Report published
17 Mar 2021