HOMELESSNESS: a national overview end homelessness together Health and Wellbeing Board Stakeholder Network

#1: Understanding homelessness HOMELESSNESS IN 2O14 32% of public have experienced homelessness or know someone who has. (* including sofa surfing, staying with friends) Statutory homelessness (including those in temporary accommodation) Non-statutory or ‘single’ homelessness But the full picture is much more complex: Rough sleeping Hidden homelessness (sofa surfing, squats) People in unsuitable accommodation (eg overcrowding) end homelessness together

#2: Statutory homelessness trends HOMELESSNESS IN 2O14 end homelessness together

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HOMELESSNESS IN 2O14 end homelessness together Reason for losing last settled home

#3: Changing trends in single homelessness HOMELESSNESS IN 2O14 Let’s end homelessness togetherwww.homeless.org.uk Rough sleeping: 2,414 people sleeping rough on any given night in 2013 (up 5% from 2012, 11% from 2011, and 37% from 2010) 206 in East Midlands, up from 137 in 2012

Support provided to homeless people HOMELESSNESS IN 2O14 Let’s end homelessness togetherwww.homeless.org.uk More than a roof: Holistic support to help people with the other aspects of their lives – training, health, social networks Working in partnerships across health, criminal justice, employment support, financial inclusion ‘Moving-on’ and sustainable tenancies

Trends over 2013/14 HOMELESSNESS IN 2O14 Let’s end homelessness togetherwww.homeless.org.uk Single homeless people's needs are becoming more complex Services unable to cope with demand and level of people's needs (74% have had to refuse access on this basis) Access of external services (particularly mental health) can be problematic Services reducing numbers of frontline staff Impact of welfare reform creating new demands and needs from clients. BUT… new innovations, service models and partnerships

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Barriers to tackling homelessness HOMELESSNESS IN 2O14 Let’s end homelessness togetherwww.homeless.org.uk Affordable, quality housing options Access into the PRS Nearly a third of people in hostels are ready to move on, but nowhere to go Availability under LHA rates Disinvestment in services for homeless people. Since 2010: 4,000 fewer bedspaces 16% fewer full time staff 133 services closed Impact of welfare reform, eg 1 in 3 homeless people on JSA have been sanctioned Changing entitlements for migrants

HOMELESSNESS IN 2O14 Let’s end homelessness togetherwww.homeless.org.uk Developments at a national level New investment and learning from these approaches Fair Chance Fund, Hospital Discharge No Second Night Out roll out Care Act: a focus on prevention, integration, housing as part of ‘wellbeing’: What will the implications be for homelessness? PHE workstream on housing and homelessness ‘Prevention’ review Looking at integrated approaches to improve the ‘health of the poorest, the fastest’ Cross-government strategy: Ministerial Working Group on Homelessness

HOMELESSNESS IN 2O14 Let’s end homelessness togetherwww.homeless.org.uk Some of the Opportunities ‘Paying it Forward’: investing in services which prevent and address homelessness - and the costs associated with it Joining up responses nationally and locally: homelessness is not a single issue The MEAM approach Including single homelessness in the JSNA Developing new models of support Housing First Shared housing options for young people Improving opportunities for work: access to employment and a strong safety net for those not able to work

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