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Homelessness: Task Forces

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Question for Department for Communities and Local Government

UIN 4316, tabled on 11 July 2017

Question

Mr Mark Prisk
Conservative
Hertford and Stortford
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will set out the (a) remit, (b) membership, (c) timetable and (d) resources of the proposed Homelessness Reduction Taskforce.

Answer

Mr Marcus Jones
Conservative
Nuneaton
Commons

Answered on

17 July 2017

We will be implementing manifesto commitments to help those at risk of becoming homeless, already sleeping rough or with complex needs, to support them to lead more independent lives. We aim to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminate it altogether by 2027. The remit of the Homelessness Reduction Taskforce will include looking at prevention and affordable housing. In addition we will pilot a Housing First approach to tackle rough sleeping.

Homelessness is a wide-ranging and complex set of issues. That is why we aim to set up the Homelessness Reduction Taskforce with the right membership to drive these commitments forward.

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