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<p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one
should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government
Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people
who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping
once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness
and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p><p>Following a recommendation
by the Public Accounts Committee the Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government
and the Department for Work and Pensions jointly commissioned a feasibility study
into researching the wider causes of homelessness, including households’ experience
of the welfare system as well as other factors such as housing affordability or relationship
breakdown.</p><p>The feasibility study was completed by an independent supplier, Alma
and comprised of three strands:</p><ul><li>a rapid evidence assessment on the causes
of homelessness in the UK</li><li>a critique of existing models of homelessness and
homelessness projections; and</li><li>identification of options for developing a predictive,
quantitative model or suite of models on homelessness.</li></ul><p>The Communities
Secretary and I are working with the ministerial teams across the DWP to decide how
best to take this work forward. We will write to the Public Account Accounts Committee
shortly setting out our plans for next steps.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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