Government adviser urges ministers to expand Housing First

By Dan Peters | 21 April 2022

Ministers must pile further cash into Housing First schemes if they want to meet their target of ending rough sleeping in England by 2024, a Government adviser has urged.

Rick Henderson, a member of the Government’s rough sleeping advisory panel, called on ministers to roll out Housing First, which is based on the principle of providing rough sleepers with a home from which they can better receive support.

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