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<p>Tackling homelessness is a complex issue with no single solution, and whilst we
do not collect data specifically on the number of people who are rough sleeping without
tents or other cover, we are determined to help the most vulnerable in society.</p><p>That
is why we are providing £1 billion up to 2020 to reduce all forms of homelessness
and rough sleeping, and introducing the most ambitious legislative reform in decades
through the Homelessness Reduction Act to ensure people get support sooner.</p><p>We
are providing £28 million to pilot a Housing First approach in three major regions
of England. The pilots will support some of the most entrenched rough sleepers off
the streets and help them to end their homelessness. The recently established Rough
Sleeping and Homelessness Reduction Taskforce will first deliver a cross - Government
strategy to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminate it altogether by 2027. However,
it will also drive action to reduce wider homelessness and will have within its remit
issues such as prevention and affordability.</p><p> </p>
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