Public reports pack PDF 3 MB - Blaby District Council

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• Homelessness prevention work (chart 4)
• Percentage of homelessness cases successfully resolved
From July this year, the age of those approaching the council for help has been recorded and monitored. This is not yet embedded
into every day practice, nor have records been updated retrospectively. There is a commitment to go back to April 2011 but this
has not yet been achieved.
Members wanted to look at the wider Countywide homelessness picture and see how data was shared.
The District Implementation Group carried out a mini gap analysis in July 2012 to compare the number of young people presenting
as homeless and the kind of issues highlighted. The findings were of little value as each District collates and records
homelessness data differently therefore no meaningful analysis could be made.
Funding
The annual budget for the total homelessness support service (across all ages) is funded by a direct grant from the Department of
Communities & Local Government (DCLG). In 2012-13 the grant was £57,000. The Council has received notification that the
same grant will be paid in 2013/14.
Spend as at September 2012
Bed & Breakfast £1,141
Rent deposit scheme £4,655
Spend to save £9,015
Arrears payment (set up on a repayable loan basis) £655
Total £15,466
The Working Group was told funding streams are continually sought, an example of this was that in 2011 the Council received a
further £7,000 grant from the DCLG, which was used to assist those facing rent increases.
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