Housing, homelessness and rough sleeping strategy

Objective one -  All people sleeping rough are in contact and engaging with outreach support:

• Provide nightly support, including accommodation offers, for all rough sleepers and take enforcement action against those that refuse.
• Apply the principles of Housing First throughout our services, through work with Homeless Link.

Objective two - Develop and expand our relationships with partners:

• Consult with partners to understand their requirements and opportunities for positive collaboration.
• Organise and promote partnership meetings to improve collaboration.

Objective three - Increase move-on options from temporary accommodation to reduce repeat cases:

• Engage with temporary accommodation residents to inform them of their options.
• Develop and promote intermediate support services.

Objective four - Review emergency accommodation to provide warm and cool spaces, with a focus on winter provision:

• Identify locations within the borough to provide warm/cool spaces.
• Develop a new policy for emergency night provisions.

Objective five - Improve support for those who are not owed an accommodation duty:

• Work with partners to develop and provide intermediate support services.
• Improve awareness and access to mental health, drug and alcohol support services for all residents through media communications.

Objective six - Promote rough sleeper support services and increase public knowledge:

• Create and distribute leaflets to describe the services and support available.
• Host drop-in sessions to provide advice and support for those who may need the support services.
• Develop the website to provide a range of information and support services to residents.