Agenda item

5

Do you agree with the focus outlined in objective 1 that will guide the Year 1 Action Plan? The draft Strategy outlines that actions identified in each year’s Annual Plan throughout the lifespan of the Strategy will focus on the following:

·        Primary Prevention Activity

·        Secondary Prevention Activity

·        Tertiary Prevention Activity

These areas are further outlined on page 29 to 31 of the draft Strategy.

YES

NO

Further Comments:

Primary Prevention

The aim to ensure cross-departmental focus at a strategic level coincides with the aim of ensuring multi-agency involvement at the area/operational level – collaboration with key partners across both of these tiers will be key to the successful delivery of the strategy.

Secondary Prevention

The Council welcome the focus on extending Homeless Prevention Fund in order to mainstream projects delivering best outcomes given that prevention efforts often need to be sustained over time in order to maximise impact.

Tertiary Prevention

Working collaboratively also key to assisting people to sustain their tenancies – particularly those with complex needs – the ability to tap into wider supports at a community level will be vital.

A

What priority actions do you feel should be considered for objective 1 in the Year 1 Action Plan?

The need to take into consideration the needs of people who have No Recourse to Public Funds and do not have the wider support mechanisms that other categories of people might have i.e. through friends and family that they can draw on.  People with no recourse to public funds are very often prohibited from accessing homeless shelters that rely on public funds.  Consideration should be given to the impact of the ‘Everyone in’ policy that existed during the Covid 19 pandemic, which provided accommodation to homeless people that had no recourse to public funds. 

7

Do you agree with the focus outlined in objective 2 that will guide the Year 1 Action Plan? The draft Strategy outlines that actions identified in each year’s Annual Plan throughout the lifespan of the Strategy will focus on the following:

·        Understanding the needs of our customers

·        Improving Access and Inclusion

·        Flexible and responsive accommodation and support services at the point of need

·        Implementing ‘Homeless to Home’, Strategic Action Plan for Temporary Accommodation

These areas are further outlined on pages 37 to 39 of the draft Strategy.

YES

NO

Further Comments:

The Council agrees with the focus objective and has no further comments at this point.

A

What priority actions do you feel should be considered for objective 2 in the Year 1 Action Plan?

The Council has no comment to make at this point.

9

Do you agree with the focus outlined in objective 3 that will guide the Year 1 Action Plan? The draft Strategy outlines that actions identified in each year’s Annual Plan throughout the lifespan of the Strategy will focus on the following:

·        Housing Supply

·        Support

·        Community Integration

These areas are further outlined on pages 47 to 48 of the draft Strategy.

YES

NO

Further Comments:

The Council agrees with the focus objective and has no further comments at this point.

A

What priority actions do you feel should be considered for objective 3 in the Year 1 Action Plan?

All three – supply, support and integration are inter-related and inter-dependent and as such need to carry equal weight and equal focus in terms of the actions outlined.

H

What would you want to see prioritised in the Year 1 Action plan in terms of enablers?

Clarity on the funding that will be available – by DfC and cross-departmentally is critical in terms of additional funding as well as in terms of improved alignment of existing funding (e.g. for homelessness and via supporting people.