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<p>This government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and
rough sleeping over the spending review period to April 2020. In 2020/2021 we are
providing a further £422 million to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. This marks
a £54 million increase in funding from the previous year. This highlights the government’s
continued focus on Homelessness and Rough Sleeping, and we will announce how this
additional funding has been allocated in due course.</p><p>On 31 March 2019, the total
number of households in temporary accommodation arranged by local authorities under
homelessness legislation was 84,740. This has increased for the same quarter each
year from 80,720 on 31 March 2018 and 77,220 on 31 March 2017.</p><p>The evidence
suggests that more single people are receiving help than ever before. Single households
now make up the largest proportion of homeless applicants. 66 per cent of households
owed a duty were single households, compared to 30 per cent in Q4 2017 (prior to the
introduction of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017). Previously this group has been
underrepresented in the reported statistics and it has been hard to determine what
assistance has been provided to them.</p><p>Most households at risk of homelessness
are having it successfully prevented. 57 per cent of the households whose prevention
duty ended in this period secured their existing accommodation or were helped to find
alternative accommodation.</p><p>40 per cent of the households whose relief duty ended
in this period were helped to find accommodation. Altogether, 31,180 households secured
accommodation through these new duties between January and March 2018.</p>
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