Agenda item

RESOLVED: that

1.            theCardiff Rough Sleeper Strategy 2017-2020 as set out at Appendix 1 be agreed.

2.            Authority be delegated to the Director of Communities, Housing and Customer Service to enter into a joint protocol with Immigration Services and South Wales Police to address the issue of EEA Nationals sleeping rough in the city.

3.            the Supporting People Programme Grant Spend Plan be amended to include further information regarding the units of support to be delivered by the new and innovative schemes to address homelessness.

Cabinet received the Cardiff Rough Sleeper Strategy 2017-2020.  The strategy outlines Cardiff’s vision to end rough sleeping in Cardiff and sets out 4 aims – to work to understand the cause of rough sleeping, to work with partners to ensure support is directed towards ending and not reinforcing rough sleeping, to ensure early intervention to prevent rough sleeping becoming entrenched, and to develop a range of accommodation and support solutions tailed to individual needs. 

RESOLVED: that

1.            theCardiff Rough Sleeper Strategy 2017-2020 as set out at Appendix 1 be agreed.

2.            Authority be delegated to the Director of Communities, Housing and Customer Service to enter into a joint protocol with Immigration Services and South Wales Police to address the issue of EEA Nationals sleeping rough in the city.

3.            the Supporting People Programme Grant Spend Plan be amended to include further information regarding the units of support to be delivered by the new and innovative schemes to address homelessness.