Funding awarded for more beds for rough sleepers

£34.6 million has been awarded to more than 70 areas across the country to support rough sleepers.

Funding will be used to provide up to 4,300 additional beds to help people off the streets.

The announcement comes to mark the anniversary of the Rough Sleeping Strategy, which was announced in September 2022.

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has announced new Rough Sleeping Initiative allocations totalling £34.6 million, which will go to the areas most in need of support to help get people off the street more quickly, provide more move-on accommodation, help people keep their tenancies, and provide tailored support.

The funding is on top of the original £500 million over three years, which has helped to provide 14,000 beds for rough sleepers and 3,000 staff to provide tailored support across England.

Minister for rough sleeping Felicity Buchan said: "One year on from the launch of our ground-breaking strategy we remain as committed as ever to ending rough sleeping.

"The full weight of government remains behind this very important pledge, and this can be seen in today’s funding boost to provide thousands more beds and hundreds more support staff into the heart of communities where they are most needed."

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