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<p>Tackling homelessness is a complex issue with no single solution, but we are determined
to help the most vulnerable in society.</p><p>That is why we are providing over £1
billion up to 2020 to reduce all forms of homelessness and rough sleeping, and introducing
the most ambitious legislative reform in decades through the Homelessness Reduction
Act to ensure people get support sooner. In particular, we are supporting 84 projects
through our Homelessness Prevention programme across a variety of areas, ranging from
core cities, to coastal towns, to rural areas.</p><p>We are also providing £28 million
to pilot Housing First in three major regions of England. The pilots will support
some of the most entrenched rough sleepers off the streets and help them to end their
homelessness.</p><p>The recently established Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Reduction
Taskforce will first deliver a cross-Government strategy to halve rough sleeping by
2022 and eliminate it altogether by 2027. However, it will also drive action to reduce
wider homelessness and will have within its remit issues such as prevention and affordability.</p><p>
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