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Proactively tackle homelessness
The webinar discusses the Homelessness Reduction Act, highlighting Newcastle City Council's proactive strategies for homelessness prevention through personalized support and data tracking. It addresses the rising demand for affordable housing, welfare reforms, and the increase in rough sleeping across the UK. The act requires a shift towards a more preventative approach, ensuring that all households at risk receive assistance in developing action plans and finding suitable accommodation.
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- 1. Policy in Practice Webinar: TheHomelessness Reduction Act Wednesday 18 April 2018
- 2. Housekeeping • Audio check •Please ask questions • Polls and a survey • Finish by 11:30
- 3. We make thewelfare system simple to understand, so that people can make the decisions that are right for them
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- 6. Agenda Introduction to theHomelessness Reduction Act • Context to homelessness • Duties under the act • Change in approach Newcastle City Council: Homelessness Prevention Trailblazer • The context in Newcastle • Working with advisors • Prevention and the use of data Tracking low income households: Proactive, personalised support • Development of personal housing plans and tracking activity • Using data to identify and engage households at risk, and track outcomes Questions and answers
- 7. 777 Poll: What arethe main causes of homelessness in your area?
- 8. The triggers thatimmediately precede a homelessness application are shown in the table opposite. Causes include: • An increase in demand for affordable homes, not matched by supply • The impact of welfare reforms • Personal factors that can cause homelessness The drivers of homelessness
- 10. • Around halfof all homelessness applications are found to be in priority need • Under the new responsibilities, demand could double The challenge of the Act
- 11. There are around5,000 rough sleepers in England and 8,000 across the UK. A 15% increase on a year ago, and the seventh year numbers have been rising. Rough sleeping
- 12. The NAO concludedthat government efforts to tackle homelessness could not demonstrate value for money The government needs to: • Evaluate effectiveness • Help local authorities share best practice • Help ensure housing supply meets housing need • Monitor the impacts of policies and interventions on homelessness NAO: A change in approach
- 14. A change inapproach Homelessness reduction act • 128,000 children in TA • Understand who is at risk • Help all households develop an action plan • Find suitable accommodation The Act requires a change in approach • Advisors need to help all, not only those in priority need. • Organisations need to take a more preventative approach.
- 15. 151515 What steps haveNewcastle City Council taken to prepare for the Act?
- 16. Claire Horton Newcastle CityCouncil
- 17. 171717 User cases demo 1.Identifying households at risk of homelessness 2. Engaging those households in effective support 3. Tracking the impact of interventions Policy in Practice’s approach
- 18. Policy in Practice’sapproach We combine all your data and and link it over time Typically running over 2,000 calculations on each household To help you identify trends, pinpoint support and track outcomes We combine data on Housing Benefit, Council Tax Support, arrears and support payments, over two years And model the impact of national and local policies, to show the combined impact of current and planned reforms To help you to make better strategic and operational decisions, and learn what works.
- 19. The benefits ofour approach We show the impact of all policies combined, on individual households
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- 22. Current LIFT dashboardclients
- 23. Next steps Download TrackingLiving Standards flyer Download Universal Credit Roadmap Short survey: • We value your feedback • Ask questions or clarifications • Take another look at a dashboard • Request information on preventing homelessness and predictive analytics
- 24. www.policyinpractice.co.uk Thank you Deven Ghelani deven@policyinpractice.co.uk 07863560 677 Claire Horton claire.horton@newcastle.gov.uk 0191 211 6049 hello@policyinpractice.co.uk office 0330 088 9242