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<p>The Government has increased spending to prevent and tackle rough sleeping and
homelessness making over £500 million available, giving councils the funding and tools
needed to take action against rough sleeping locally.<br><br></p><p>There are a range
of initiatives and projects in place to help rough sleepers, prevent single homelessness
and to help those who have been homeless find and sustain accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>Thousands
of vulnerable people who have slept rough or were at risk of doing so have received
the help they need through No Second Night Out schemes and Streetlink – the digital
and national telephone service to enable the public to connect rough sleepers quickly
to the local services available so they get the help they need to get them off the
streets.</p><p> </p><p>We have supported the roll-out of No Second Night Out nationally
through the £20 million Homelessness Transition Fund for the voluntary sector ensuring
rough sleepers do not spend more than one night on the street. In 20 key rough sleeping
areas outside London homelessness charities reported that 67% of rough sleepers were
helped off the streets after a single night.</p><p> </p><p>We have launched an £8
million Help for Single Homeless Fund for local authorities which will improve council
services for single people facing the prospect of homelessness by encouraging better
partnership working between councils and other local partners.</p><p> </p><p>We are
also helping single homeless people to find and sustain accommodation in the private
rented sector through our £13 million funding to Crisis. By 2016 we expect the Crisis
scheme to have helped 10,000 single homeless people.</p>
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