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The Council are required to undertake a homelessness review to understand homelessness in the local area. This is used to inform the homelessness strategy, which is a strategy for:
preventing homelessness.
ensuring that sufficient accommodation is available for people who are or may become homeless.
providing satisfactory support for people who are or may become homeless, or who need support to prevent them becoming homeless again.
We must undertake this process every 5 years and with our current strategy expiring this year we have undertaken a detailed review and developed this updated draft strategy for consultation.
Key stakeholders were invited to take part in the consultation. Existing housing applicants were notified in our Housing Applicants and Transferees Newsletter. Current Council Tenants were also notified in our monthly newsletter.
The consultation was open 15 May - 03 July 2023 and has now closed. The results of the survey will feed into the final version of the Strategy and the accompanying action plan which will set out how the strategy will be delivered.
In summary:
There were 95 responses to the consultation, 97% were from individuals and 62% were women.
94% agreed with strategies first priority, "Improving access to early housing advice and homelessness prevention services"
91% agreed with the second priority of "Ending rough sleeping in Wealden"
And the third priority is "Establishing greater local collaboration with partners" which 96% of respondents agreed with
A full summary report can be accessed via the link on the right hand side.
The Council are required to undertake a homelessness review to understand homelessness in the local area. This is used to inform the homelessness strategy, which is a strategy for:
preventing homelessness.
ensuring that sufficient accommodation is available for people who are or may become homeless.
providing satisfactory support for people who are or may become homeless, or who need support to prevent them becoming homeless again.
We must undertake this process every 5 years and with our current strategy expiring this year we have undertaken a detailed review and developed this updated draft strategy for consultation.
Key stakeholders were invited to take part in the consultation. Existing housing applicants were notified in our Housing Applicants and Transferees Newsletter. Current Council Tenants were also notified in our monthly newsletter.
The consultation was open 15 May - 03 July 2023 and has now closed. The results of the survey will feed into the final version of the Strategy and the accompanying action plan which will set out how the strategy will be delivered.
In summary:
There were 95 responses to the consultation, 97% were from individuals and 62% were women.
94% agreed with strategies first priority, "Improving access to early housing advice and homelessness prevention services"
91% agreed with the second priority of "Ending rough sleeping in Wealden"
And the third priority is "Establishing greater local collaboration with partners" which 96% of respondents agreed with
A full summary report can be accessed via the link on the right hand side.
