Agenda item
Homelessness Prevention, Rough Sleeper and Domestic Abuse Grants Funding 2027/28 and 2028/29
Minutes:
The Housing Development & Enabling Manager presented the Homelessness Prevention, Rough Sleeper and Domestic Abuse Grants Funding 2027/28 and 2028/29 for Members’ consideration.
Members were reminded that a report had been approved at the Council meeting held on 19th November 2025 where the temporary accommodation element of the Revenue Support Grant was ringfenced to homeless prevention activities for 2026/27, the report advised that this element of Revenue Support Grant was no longer required.
It was noted that from 2026/27, the Government had consolidated existing Rough Sleeper and Domestic Abuse grants into a single Homelessness Prevention Grant. This new grant encompassed funding for prevention and relief activities for three-years.
It was proposed that the funding allocation for the three-year period would be used for the schemes as detailed in the report considered previously. Members were informed that the funding received had been more generous than expected and that a future report would be presented to Cabinet with an update on the outcomes of the projects and any uplift and additional initiatives being implemented.
The report was pre-scrutinised at the Overview and Scrutiny Board meeting held on 6th January 2026. At this meeting, Members expressed that they were pleased with the report and the decrease in the numbers of those who were homeless and rough sleeping which had decreased within Bromsgrove, which was an excellent outcome for the District and testament to the hard work of the Officers at the Council.
RESOLVEDthat
1) The initiatives in the table below be approved to receive the Homelessness Prevention and Rough Sleeping Grant and Domestic Abuse Grant allocations of funding for 2027/28 and 2028/29, subject to satisfactory performance; with any uplift and additional initiatives being implemented prior to that period to be the subject of a further report to the Cabinet;
|
Homelessness Grant Allocation |
2027/28 £ (up to £620,380) |
2028/29 £ (up to £683,063) |
|
Housing Options Service Top Up Staffing Costs |
52,475 |
52,475 |
|
Static Temporary Accommodation for an additional 4 units of accommodation |
30,688 |
30,688 |
|
Worcestershire Strategic Housing Partnership Co-ordinator – contribution towards county-wide development and delivery of housing initiatives in partnership with other agencies |
10,500 |
10,500 |
|
Severe Emergency Weather Provision |
18,347 |
18,347 |
|
St Basils Foyer – provides stable accommodation/support for young people - 14 units – fully occupied during last financial year |
50,203 |
50,203 |
|
St Basils Crash pad – provides emergency temporary accommodation for 16 and 17 year olds |
19,711 |
19,711 |
|
Bromsgrove Home Choice CBL and Homelessness Module |
14,600 |
14,600 |
|
St Basils Young Persons Pathway Worker – support to prevent homelessness for under 25’s and Crash Pad to provide a unit of emergency accommodation for young people. |
41,116 |
41,116 |
|
NewStarts - Provide Furniture and Volunteering Opportunities for Ex-Offenders – supports tenancy sustainment and provides future employment opportunities/reduces risk of reoffending |
15,000 |
15,000 |
|
GreenSquare Accord Housing Related Support – helping ex-offenders remain housed/seek employment |
31,172 |
31,172 |
|
Maggs Rough Sleeper outreach and prevention service targeting rough sleepers and those at risk of rough sleeping. |
35,607 |
35,607 |
|
North Worcestershire Basement Project - Support for young people at risk of homelessness |
45,000 |
45,000 |
|
BDHT - Sunrise Project intensive support |
46,886 |
46,886 |
|
Mental Health Link Worker (part funded) |
21,554 |
21,554 |
|
CAB – Debt Advice for Home Owners and Private Renters |
27,611 |
27,611 |
|
CAB – Affordability Assessments |
6,021 |
6,021 |
|
Housing First/Housing Led Service |
29,563 |
29,563 |
|
Part time Empty Homes Officer |
7,680 |
7,680 |
|
Spend to Save Top Up |
5,683 |
5,683 |
|
County Rough Sleeper Coordinator |
5,500 |
5,500 |
|
Rough Sleeper Access to Accommodation Fund and NFNO/NSNO |
1,000 |
1,000 |
|
County Domestic Abuse Co-ordinator |
5,112 |
5,112 |
|
County Domestic Abuse Research and Intelligence Officer |
4,573 |
4,573 |
|
Top up to DA Housing Options Officer |
6,059 |
6,059 |
|
Total committed expenditure |
£531,66 |
£531,661 |
|
Underspend |
£88,719 |
151,402 |
2) Delegated authority be granted to the Assistant Director of Community and Housing Services, following consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Strategic Housing, to use any unallocated grant from this source of grant funding during the year or make further adjustments and uplifts as necessary to ensure full utilisation of the grants, including any mid-year Homelessness Prevention Grant top up, for 2027/28 and 2028/29 in support of existing or new schemes.
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