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<p>The Government has committed over £800 million to tackle homelessness and rough
sleeping over 2021/22. We are providing £375 million of Homelessness Prevention Grant
funding, which can be used by local authorities to offer financial support for people
to find a new home, to work with landlords to prevent evictions, and to ensure families
have a roof over their head. This includes an exceptional top up to the Homelessness
Prevention Grant for this financial year with an additional £65 million for local
authorities to help vulnerable households with rent arrears to reduce the risk of
them being evicted and becoming homeless.</p><p>This funding supports local authorities
to deliver their statutory duties under the Homelessness Reduction Act, the most ambitious
reform to homelessness legislation in decades, which came into force in April 2018.
The Act placed new duties on local authorities to prevent and relieve a person's homelessness.
Acting earlier and for a broader range of people means more people will get the help
they need before they face a homelessness crisis. Since the Homelessness Reduction
Act came into force, over 400,000 households have had their homelessness successfully
prevented or relieved through securing accommodation for more than 6 months.</p>
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