Meeting description: To brief the Member as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice Housing and Local Government ahead of a cross-party meeting hosted by the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice Housing and Local Government on homelessness. We suggested the following topics for the Member to raise: 1) For the Ending Homelessness Together Action Plan to be more strategic have a clearer lifespan during which it is to be delivered and an outcomes and monitoring framework; 2) Rapid Rehousing Transition Plan (RRTP) funding: Crisis has called for funding of RRTPs to at least match the previous funding commitment but there also needs to be better transparency and monitoring of how this is spent; 3) Unsuitable Accommodation Order to explore with the Cabinet Secretary what further support is being provided by central government to local government to support them to meet these challenges and not be in breach of the new Order; 4) importance of the proposed new duties around homelessness prevention.
Topic label: Housing