Purpose

Brief
Description

Executive board is
requested to approve the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy
2023 – 2028

Impact On
Wards

Homelessness can be
experienced by anyone and people across all wards in Leeds can be
impacted by homelessness. This Strategy is designed to provide
strategic direction for the council, and its stakeholders, to
support people throughout the city, in all wards.

Financial and
procurement implications

The Strategy has a
preventative and early intervention theme and focuses on tackling
homelessness at the root cause. The Strategy aims to maintain
existing, or reduce, temporary accommodation placements, therefore
averting spend pressures on the council. 

Partnership
working

The Strategy has been
designed in consultation with a wide range of stakeholders with an
aim for it to be a working document to set the strategic direction
for those working in the homelessness sector improve outcomes for
the people in Leeds.