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<p>The Government has introduced the Homelessness Reduction Act, which places a legal
duty on councils to provide accommodation support to families and individuals, including
women, who are vulnerable as a result of fleeing domestic abuse.</p><p>Since 2014
my Department has invested £55.5 million in services to support victims of domestic
abuse, including refuges, and we recently announced the successful projects from our
2018/2020 £22 million fund to support victims of domestic abuse. The fund will support
63 projects covering 254 local areas across England and will provide support to over
25,000 victims and their families, and more than 2,200 additional bed spaces in accommodation-based
services, including refuges.</p><p>We recognise that mainstream provision may not
always meet the needs of women who sleep rough. That is why we are providing funding
through the Rough Sleeping Initiative to ensure rough sleeping frontline workers receive
training to support victims of domestic abuse.</p><p>We are also providing funding
through the Rapid Rehousing Pathway, for specific, targeted support for women. For
example, a new Somewhere Safe to Stay two-hub model in Brighton will include a women
only hub, delivered by domestic abuse charity partners RISE, which will focus on ,
tackling complex needs.</p><p>We are also working across government to support vulnerable
women such as with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, on this year’s £15
million Tampon Tax Fund, which includes a core theme of female homelessness and rough
sleeping.</p><p> </p>
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