Decision details

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)      Note the priority actions points which have been taken to manage homelessness over the past 6 months.

(2)      Note the use of Homelessness Prevention Grant (HPG) and homelessness grant reserves to cover the anticipated increase in expenditure, for 2025/26, to enable the Council to meet its duties under the Housing Act 1996 and Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.

(3)      Agree that a further update regarding nightly paid accommodation (NPA) expenditure be provided at the Community & Wellbeing Committee in March 2026.