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English councils get further £203m to help rough sleepers off the streets


scratch the surface". The new funding is an 81 per cent increase on the £112m provided last year


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and is part of £750m pledged to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping this year, as part of the drive to end rough sleeping by the end of this Parliament. The Government says its Rough Sleeping Initiative has already reduced


rough sleeping by nearly a third compared to areas that have not taken part in the programme. Up to 14,500 beds and 2,700 support staff will be funded through the new investment, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said. Overall 2,688 people were estimated to be sleeping rough on any single


night in England last autumn. Mr Jenrick said the money will be given to councils, charities and other local groups to support shelters and specialist mental health or addiction services, with the aim of getting rough sleepers off the streets for good. But homeless charity Crisis warned that while additional funding was


welcome it was insufficient. Jon Sparkes, chief executive of Crisis, said the work in the past year to get people off the streets has been "vital". "But the number of people helped by this funding will only scratch the surface," he added. The announcement "falls short" for those with multiple support needs who


require specialist help, like housing first Mr Sparkes said, adding long-term solutions were needed. "Without such sustained support, those helped off the streets today risk returning to them tomorrow." The number of people sleeping rough across England has fallen for the third


year in a row, and by 37 per cent in the last year alone. The Rough Sleeping Initiative was launched in 2018 to help local areas provide tailored services to those living on the streets. With this year’s investment, the Government has now allocated almost £400


million to 281 councils through the programme – which supports co-ordinated projects across areas including housing, mental health, addiction support and domestic abuse. This is alongside the Government’s Everyone In initiative, launched by the


Housing Secretary at the start of the pandemic to protect rough sleepers, which has so far supported 37,000 people, with more than 26,000 already moved on to longer-term accommodation.


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ore rough sleepers in England will be helped off the streets and into housing as part of a £203m Government funded programme, although campaigners have warned the extra money "will only


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