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The justifiable right to housing: can local authorities deliver

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The justifiable right to housing: can local authorities deliver

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    1. The justifiable right to housing: can local authorities deliver? Catherine Jamieson Head of the Glasgow Homelessness Partnership

    2. Introduction Challenges for Glasgow in delivering on homelessness Scale of change Budgets Role of social housing Bigger picture issues Can local authorities deliver by 2012?

    3. Scale of Homelessness In Glasgow 10,500 households per year 70% single people 25% lone parents and families 5% 16/17 year olds 27% 18/25 year olds 4000 households homeless at any time 39% lost accom because family/relatives/friends could no longer accom them 22% priority of addiction issues 18% priority dependant children 7% priority mental health issues

    4. Challenges for Glasgow - background Warehousing – especially single men Not accessing any support services Highly visible rough sleeping Very high levels of repeat homelessness Limited resources to make the change

    5. Challenges for Glasgow – the change Led by Parliament Change programme partly funded centrally Fully committed to partnership working Change in direction for service provision - commissioned More decentralised services

    6. Challenges for Glasgow – the change (2) Closure of large scale hostels Provision of new support services and accommodation Diversion from hostels Development of new joint assessments Reduction in repeat homelessness

    7. Challenges for Glasgow – the change (3) Closed 600+ hostel beds Commissioned 518 beds in new supported accommodation projects Commissioned 23 Floating Support projects supporting nearly 4,110 Households Localised initial contact services

    8. Challenges for Glasgow – the change (4) Added 500 temporary furnished flats to service (now 1600) Created a homeless health service Increased applicants rights – local challenges and national challenges

    9. Funding – annually for Glasgow Mainstream budget £29m SWS and £3m Health Hostel Decommissioning Budget £18m SWS and £5m Health Supporting People budget grown to £26m SWS direct contribution grown to £5m

    10. Changing Role of Social Housing in Glasgow Supply greater than demand High level of voids and unpopular stock Shortages of family and wheelchair housing Backlog of homeless households waiting for permanent accommodation

    11. Changing Role of Social Housing in Glasgow (2) Attitudinal issues Increase expectations on preventing homelessness

    12. Bigger Picture Issues Supply of affordable rented accommodation Supply and type of temporary accommodation Funding and resource issues, particularly Supporting People Grant – support issues

    13. Bigger Picture Issues(2) Corporate working – the role of other agencies in meeting the wider than housing needs of homeless people People from Abroad and homelessness

    14. Can Councils deliver 2012? Increasingly challenging because of: Increased prevention work expectations Ownership of homelessness issues across organisations Supply of affordable accommodation Political backing continuing

    15. Can Councils deliver 2012? The closer we get the more stark the challenges are!

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