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<p>The Department does not hold figures for the number in short-term versus long-term
supported housing.</p><p>The short-term model was designed to ensure that funding
for short-term supported accommodation is compatible with the modernised welfare system.
We have not changed the funding model for long-term supported housing, which remains
in the welfare system.</p><p>It reduces administrative burdens for providers in managing
claims for housing costs and collecting rent. It also frees residents from concerns
about meeting housing costs at a difficult point in their lives.</p><p>This model
was designed with input from a range of stakeholders and providers through task and
finish groups, the 2016 consultation on supported housing and taking account of the
joint Communities and Local Government and Work and Pensions Select Committee report.</p>
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