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Solutions to homelessness

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10 Key areas for action

Prevention

1. A universal safety net to guarantee the fundamental right to accommodation.

2. Prevent homelessness during transitions in people’s lives.

3. A national plan to halve the number of evictions.

Support

4. A new national action plan to end rough sleeping by 2012.

5. Invest in Supporting People and develop services in areas where there are none.

6. A national network of ‘Places of Change’ for homeless people backed by capital investment and ‘SP Plus’ to fund holistic individualised support.

7. A new PSA for social inclusion.

Accommodation

8. Add move-on to the National Affordable Housing Programme.

9. Invest in more affordable homes and create incentives to improve use of existing housing stock.

10. Rent and benefit changes that will make work pay for homeless people.

Ending homelessness: A roadmap

You can download our roadmap to ending homelessness, which sets out the action needed to end homelessness by 2022.


 
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