Issue - meetings

The Board received a report from the Strategic Director – People, which described the various grants that had been issued by Central Government to support rough sleepers and people who were, or likely to become homeless.

It was noted that the Coronavirus Pandemic had made the need to support rough sleepers and potentially homeless people more urgent and further guidance had been issued to councils as a result. 

Halton had been allocated Homeless Prevention Grant funding for 2021/22 of £344,828, which was an increase of £92,077 from 2020/21.  The proposals for allocation of these monies were presented in Appendix 1.  Also, received was the Rough Sleeper Initiative funding of £109,000 for 2020/21, with the commitment that the allocation for 2021/22 would be at least the same amount.  The proposals for the use of this grant were presented in appendix 2.

RESOLVED:  That Executive Board approves the recommendations for expenditure against the grants, as described in Appendices 1 and 2 of the report.