Purpose

The
Preventing Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy and Temporary
Accommodation Placement Policy are both scheduled to be considered
for approval at Cabinet on 10th September
2024.
 
The Preventing Homelessness and
Rough Sleeping Strategy 2024 – 2029 will enable the Council
to fulfil its statutory duty to formulate and publish such a
strategy every five years. 
 
The
Strategy will also provide a framework for service development, resource
prioritisation and partnership support, and thereby enhance
outcomes for Kirklees residents who are vulnerable to or facing
homelessness.
 
The
Kirklees Housing Solutions Service Temporary Accommodation
Placement Policy sets out how homeless households will be
prioritised for temporary accommodation, both inside and outside of
the district.
 

The Council’s
current Preventing Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy runs
2018 – 2023: Kirklees
Preventing Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2018 -
2023 and was approved by Council on 17 July
2019.
 
Extensive consultation has
taken place with partners and key stakeholders, who have been
instrumental developing the priorities and objectives in the
Strategy.
 
In preparing this strategy and
developing its priorities and objectives,  engagement has taken place with a number of key
stakeholders, including:
 

·      
Kirklees Homelessness Forum (KHF)

·      
Registered Providers

·      
People with lived experience of
homelessness

·      
Kirklees Health Inclusion Group (KHIG)

·      
Colleagues from across the Council, including Homes
and Neighbourhoods, Children’s and Adult Services

·      
MHCLG specialist homelessness advisor
 
Key internal stakeholders have
been consulted on both the Policy and the Strategy in the
development process.
 

Content

RESOLVED
–
 

1)   
That the draft Kirklees Preventing Homelessness and
Rough Sleeping Strategy 2024-2029 be approved.

2)   
That the refreshed Kirklees Housing Solutions
Service Temporary Accommodation Placement Policy 2024 be
approved.