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<p>We have made £3.2 billion of additional funding available for local authorities
to enable them to respond to COVID-19 pressures across the services they deliver including
helping homeless populations. This is in addition to £3.2 million in targeted funding
for councils to support vulnerable rough sleepers. We are also continuing our ongoing
work to ensure that we deliver the Government’s manifesto commitment to end rough
sleeping by the end of this Parliament. We have put in place £489 million to tackle
homelessness and rough sleeping over 2020/21. This marks a £121 million, or 33 per
cent increase in funding from the previous year.</p><p>As part of this, £112 million was
allocated this year for the Rough Sleeping Initiative (RSI), an increase of £26 million
on 2019/20 funding. The Chancellor also announced significant funding at Budget for
rough sleeping accommodation (£381 million over 4 years) and substance misuse support
(£262 million over 4 years).</p>
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