Decision - Homelessness and Rough Sleeping - Update

RESOLVED: Housing Committee: 2.1 Note the update on Rough Sleeper & Single Homeless Services. 2.2 Note the update on the Homelessness Transformation Programme. 2.3 Note the contents of the Homes England Compliance Audit Report on the Next Steps Accommodation Programme 2.4 Note the update requested following the Notice of Motion agreed at January Housing Committee on the action proposed to ensure homeless people and rough sleepers placed in emergency accommodation by Brighton & Hove City Council have proper support to ensure their safety and wellbeing. 2.5 Agree the Emergency Accommodation Charter as an aspirational document and a standard against which the Council and its partners judge our policies and practices and outcomes. 2.6 Note that the measurable and feasible aspects of the Charter have been embedded in our revised Emergency Accommodation specification. 2.7 Agree that the charter be subject to review periodically and upon renewal of the associated contracts. Where the Charter is not embedded in the contract, this will also be kept under review with JustLife and Fulfilling lives. That Housing Committee recommends to Full Council: 2.8 To adopt the Emergency Accommodation Charter as outlined in paragraph 3.12 and included in Appendix 4, as an aspirational document and a standard against which the Council and its partners judge our policies, practices and outcomes.

The report updates the committee on progress in reducing emergency accommodation use, transforming homelessness services and supporting rough sleepers. It recommends adopting the Emergency Accommodation Charter as an aspirational standard, embedding measurable elements in accommodation contracts and continuing to monitor delivery.