Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: November 11, 2025

Purpose:

Content: Declarations of interest for this item:   None   RESOLVED:   That Cabinet:   1.    Approved the Draft Homelessness Strategy attached at Appendix 1 for formal consultation as set out in this report   2.    Noted that, following that consultation, officers will bring back to Cabinet a draft new Homelessness Strategy for 2025-2027 for adoption.   Reasons for decision   The Homelessness Act 2002 (“the Act”)  requires local authorities to carry out a homelessness review and formulate and publish a homelessness strategy informed by that review at least once every five years. The Draft Strategy proposed here for consultation has been developed over the course of more than a year with considerable engagement from a wide range of stakeholders, including people with lived experience of homelessness and organisations working to support them. If the draft is approved by Cabinet, the council will consult as set out in this report before developing an amended, final version of a Homelessness Strategy for adoption in December 2025.   Alternative options considered   Cabinet could decide not to adopt the Draft Strategy proposed here. This is not recommended because to do so would delay the adoption of a strategy that the Council is required by law to have in place. Further, the Council is required to take its Homelessness Strategy into account in the exercise of its functions as a local housing authority, and it requires updating for this purpose.