Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

The Sub-Committee considered a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services on the proposed timeline for developing the 2023-27 Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy and the following points were made:

·         A timeline was in place to support the development of the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2023-27, which would come into force on 1 April 2023.  The timeline included key activities comprising gathering baseline data and stakeholder analysis; engagement; monitoring and evaluation set-up and drafting, with these activities supported by regular strategy development group meetings.  Consultation on the draft 2023-27 Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy would commence in January 2023, with a view to securing sign-off of the new strategy by the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Sub-Committee in March 2023. 

·         The Chairman requested that Officers engage closely with Members in developing the 2023-27 Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy.  A Committee Member highlighted the importance of building in learning from the COVID-19 pandemic and another Committee Member underlined the need to review progress in delivering the 2019/23 Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy. 

RESOLVED, that the report be noted.