{"id":103104,"date":"2021-12-21T12:37:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T12:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=103104"},"modified":"2021-12-21T12:37:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T12:37:16","slug":"homelessness-prevention-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/homelessness-prevention-grant\/103104\/","title":{"rendered":"Government injects \u00a3316m funding to tackle homelessness in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

The government have announced a \u00a3316m funding boost to the Homelessness Prevention Grant<\/a>, which will support households in England who are homeless<\/a>, or at risk of losing their home<\/h2>\n

Councils will use the funding from the Homelessness Prevention Grant to help them find a new home, access support for unexpected evictions, and secure temporary accommodation<\/a> where needed.<\/p>\n

The funding includes an additional \u00a35.8m to support people forced into homelessness by domestic abuse. This follows the landmark Domestic Abuse Act, which ensures councils give people who find themselves in this situation a \u201cpriority need\u201d for assistance.<\/p>\n

The funding underlines the government\u2019s commitment to ensure that people who are at risk of becoming homeless get help more quickly.<\/p>\n

Since the Homelessness Reduction Act came into force in 2018, over 400,000 households have been successfully prevented from losing their homes or supported into settled accommodation, with rough sleeping levels falling 37% between 2019 and 2020.<\/p>\n

\u2018Helping thousands of people across England\u2019<\/h3>\n

Minister for rough sleeping, Eddie Hughes, said: \u201cI have seen first-hand the devastation of those who come face to face with homelessness, and my heart goes out to anyone in this situation. The support we are announcing today is going directly to communities that need it most.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will help thousands of people across England, with councils able to prevent homelessness before it occurs and put a roof over the heads of those who have lost their homes\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u2018Rise in domestic abuse during lockdowns\u2019<\/h3>\n

Jon Sparkes, chief executive of Crisis, said: \u201cTo end homelessness<\/a> we need to prevent people being forced from their homes in the first place, so this funding for vital local authority services is very welcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the appalling rise in domestic abuse during lockdowns and the pandemic forcing many more into homelessness, it is especially important that councils in England will have more money to provide accommodation for survivors\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Homelessness Prevention Grant has been announced on top of the \u00a366m funding to provide rough sleepers with safe and warm accommodation and drug and alcohol treatment services.<\/p>\n

There is also a \u00a365m support package for vulnerable renters struggling due to the impact of the pandemic. Overall, the government is investing \u00a32bn over the next three years to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping.<\/p>\n

The government has also announced a \u00a328m funding boost to help rough sleepers get their COVID-19 vaccines and move into safe accommodation.<\/p>\n

The Protect and Vaccinate scheme will help to increase vaccine uptake among people who are homeless and sleeping rough, by supporting outreach work in shelters to educate people about the dangers of the virus, and giving money to councils to provide safe and secure accommodation while their level of vaccination is increased.<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The government have announced a \u00a3316m funding boost to the Homelessness Prevention Grant, which will support households in England who are homeless, or at risk of losing their home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[276,829],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-103104","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-government","8":"tag-homelessness"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGovernment injects \u00a3316m funding to tackle homelessness in the UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The government have announced a \u00a3316m funding boost to the Homelessness Prevention Grant, which will support households in England who are homeless\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/homelessness-prevention-grant\/103104\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Government injects \u00a3316m funding to tackle homelessness in the UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The government have announced a \u00a3316m funding boost to the Homelessness Prevention Grant, which will support households in England who are homeless, or at risk of losing their home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/homelessness-prevention-grant\/103104\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-21T12:37:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dreamstime_xxl_185251703.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1333\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lydia Bamford\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Government injects \u00a3316m funding to tackle homelessness in the UK\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The government have announced a \u00a3316m funding boost to the Homelessness Prevention Grant, which will support households in England who are homeless, or at risk of losing their home\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dreamstime_xxl_185251703.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/homelessness-prevention-grant\/103104\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/homelessness-prevention-grant\/103104\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lydia Bamford\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/3caffe2c18b28565792e144cbf7029c4\"},\"headline\":\"Government injects \u00a3316m funding to tackle homelessness in the UK\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-21T12:37:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/homelessness-prevention-grant\/103104\/\"},\"wordCount\":454,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Government Policy\",\"Homelessness\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Planning & Construction News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/homelessness-prevention-grant\/103104\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2021\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/homelessness-prevention-grant\/103104\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/homelessness-prevention-grant\/103104\/\",\"name\":\"Government injects \u00a3316m funding to tackle homelessness in the UK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-21T12:37:16+00:00\",\"description\":\"The government have announced a \u00a3316m funding boost to the Homelessness Prevention Grant, which will support households in England who are homeless\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/homelessness-prevention-grant\/103104\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/homelessness-prevention-grant\/103104\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/homelessness-prevention-grant\/103104\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Government injects \u00a3316m funding to tackle homelessness in the UK\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\",\"description\":\"The Latest Planning, Building & Construction News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\",\"alternateName\":\"PBC Today\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/3caffe2c18b28565792e144cbf7029c4\",\"name\":\"Lydia Bamford\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b370e924c798a188a00c837c8c86078c8cca26e1199c42f81aa49e696f108d42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b370e924c798a188a00c837c8c86078c8cca26e1199c42f81aa49e696f108d42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lydia Bamford\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/lydiabamford\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Government injects \u00a3316m funding to tackle homelessness in the UK","description":"The government have announced a \u00a3316m funding boost to the Homelessness Prevention Grant, which will support households in England who are homeless","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/homelessness-prevention-grant\/103104\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Government injects \u00a3316m funding to tackle homelessness in the UK","og_description":"The government have announced a \u00a3316m funding boost to the Homelessness Prevention Grant, which will support households in England who are homeless, or at risk of losing their home","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/homelessness-prevention-grant\/103104\/","og_site_name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","article_published_time":"2021-12-21T12:37:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":1333,"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dreamstime_xxl_185251703.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lydia Bamford","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Government injects \u00a3316m funding to tackle homelessness in the UK","twitter_description":"The government have announced a \u00a3316m funding boost to the Homelessness Prevention Grant, which will support households in England who are homeless, or at risk of losing their home","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dreamstime_xxl_185251703.jpg","twitter_creator":"@PBC_Today","twitter_site":"@PBC_Today","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/homelessness-prevention-grant\/103104\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/homelessness-prevention-grant\/103104\/"},"author":{"name":"Lydia Bamford","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/3caffe2c18b28565792e144cbf7029c4"},"headline":"Government injects \u00a3316m funding to tackle homelessness in the UK","datePublished":"2021-12-21T12:37:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/homelessness-prevention-grant\/103104\/"},"wordCount":454,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"keywords":["Government Policy","Homelessness"],"articleSection":["Planning & Construction News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/homelessness-prevention-grant\/103104\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2021","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/homelessness-prevention-grant\/103104\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/homelessness-prevention-grant\/103104\/","name":"Government injects \u00a3316m funding to tackle homelessness in the UK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-12-21T12:37:16+00:00","description":"The government have announced a \u00a3316m funding boost to the Homelessness Prevention Grant, which will support households in England who are homeless","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/homelessness-prevention-grant\/103104\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/homelessness-prevention-grant\/103104\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/homelessness-prevention-grant\/103104\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Government injects \u00a3316m funding to tackle homelessness in the UK"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","description":"The Latest Planning, Building & Construction News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization","name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","alternateName":"PBC Today","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Planning, Building & Construction Today"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/3caffe2c18b28565792e144cbf7029c4","name":"Lydia Bamford","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b370e924c798a188a00c837c8c86078c8cca26e1199c42f81aa49e696f108d42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b370e924c798a188a00c837c8c86078c8cca26e1199c42f81aa49e696f108d42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lydia Bamford"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk"],"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/lydiabamford\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-10 15:09:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103104"},{"taxonomy":"stakeholder_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stakeholder_rel_tag?post=103104"},{"taxonomy":"contributor_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor_rel_tag?post=103104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}