Following a review of the Homelessness Strategy 2018 to 2023, a draft homeless and rough sleeping strategy for the next period 2024 to 2029 has been produced. The council has a duty to statutory carry out a homelessness strategy review and to formulate and publish a homelessness strategy based on that review.
The new Strategy aims to build on existing successes and partnerships to make homelessness rare, brief and non-recurring.
The following themes guide how the council aims to do reduce homelessness and rough sleeping in York through the Strategy:
- expansion of Housing First with 250 additional 1-bed homes over strategy period. A multidisciplinary team providing holistic support for service users will be included in the Housing First Model
- resettlement service redesign including additional specialist mental health provision
- expansion of social housing through planning policies and the council housing delivery programme
- review of evidence on a potential expansion of temporary accommodation
- homelessness prevention and tenancy sustainment
- tackling domestic abuse
- revised governance structure and performance framework with enhanced data reporting
Read the draft Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2024 to 2029.
Any suggestions and objections submitted in the survey will be taken into account and we will decide whether any changes are required and possible. Decisions will made by the council’s Executive.
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