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<p>The Government is committed to tackling homelessness, which is why it is spending
over £700 million this year alone. This includes the Flexible Homelessness Support
Grant of £200m and the £63 million Homelessness Reduction Grant which enable local
authorities to do more to prevent and relieve homelessness in their areas. Slough
received a total of £820,101 from these specific funding streams. As a result of the
Homelessness Reduction Act, councils now have a duty to prevent homelessness and the
use of temporary accommodation means people are getting help and ensures no family
is without a roof over their head.</p><p>Next year, the Government will be spending
over £750 million to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping, further demonstrating
the Government’s commitment to end rough sleeping and fully enforce the Homelessness
Reduction Act.</p><p>The latest homelessness data for April June 2020, including temporary
accommodation numbers and the number of duties owed under the Homelessness Reduction
Act can be found on the gov.uk website:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-homelessness&data=04%7C01%7Cps.advisers%40communities.gov.uk%7C597a13470da24e3b044808d8a340d0ec%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637438846072651015%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=VIAtrvf%2FG%2FzwB%2FrVachZOcywaScBtnHaTUuFIgz5KO4%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness.</a></p>
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