Homelessness and rough sleeping strategy

Work with partner organisations to review the availability and move on from supported and temporary housing

• Lead responsibility - Homelessness forum

• Resources - within current resources, however the provision of additional services would require the allocation of additional funding

• Timescale - 2021

Continue to work with our register provider partners to ensure that the nominations through the housing register are working and we gain appropriate access to social housing stock

• Lead responsibility - Housing strategy, lettings forum

• Resources - within current resources

• Timescale - quarterly

• Comments - quarterly monitoring via the lettings forum

Continue to work with registered providers to increase the supply of social housing

• Lead responsibility - Housing strategy and Development Control

• Resources - within current resources

• Timescale - ongoing

Review and develop the private rented sector offer in the borough

• Lead responsibility - Housing strategy, NHA

• Resources - within current resources

• Timescale - 2021

Continue to work and engage with landlords, estate and letting agents in the borough

• Lead responsibility - Housing strategy

• Resources - within current resources

• Timescale - ongoing

Investigate opportunities where our homelessness households can access empty properties that have been brought back into use

• Lead responsibility - Housing strategy, private sector housing

• Resources - within current resources

• Timescale - 2020

Continue to ensure that information is readily available to landlords to facilitate understanding of the responsibilities involved in rented properties

• Lead responsibility - Housing strategy

• Resources - within current resources

• Timescale - ongoing

Continue to ensure that our customers are offered a full range of advice and assistance to maximise their income

• Lead responsibility - Housing strategy, partnerships

• Resources - within current resources

• Timescale - ongoing

Work with our partners to identify ways to encourage take up on pre-tenancy training 

• Lead responsibility - Housing strategy, registered providers

• Resources - within current resources

• Timescale - 2020