Decision details

RESOLVED:

KEY DECISION

That the Executive:

a)     Approved the allocated spend of the Rough Sleeper Initiative Funding 2022-2025 as detailed in paragraph 4.21 (figure 8) of the report

b)     Noted the detail of how the allocated funding will be spent as set out from 4.22 to 4.36 of the report

c)      Delegated authority to the Executive Member for Housing, Communities and Levelling Up, in liaison with the Executive Director for Adults, Communities and Wellbeing, to take any further decisions and actions required to enable delivery of the Rough Sleeping Initiative programme

Reasons for Recommendations:

·           To ensure that the Council and its partners can sustain and build upon the success to date in reducing rough sleeping and supporting individuals experiencing rough sleeping 

·           To safeguard this vulnerable cohort of adults who are often experiencing multiple exclusion homelessness

Alternative Options Considered:

·           To not submit a funding application to the Rough Sleeping Initiative programme 2022-2025

·           To submit a funding application to the Rough Sleeping Initiative programme 2022-2025 that included a different schedule of activities and proposals