Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy Consultation 2021

Consultation has concluded

The Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Homelessness Partnership worked together to develop a draft Homelessness & Rough Sleeping Strategy which seeked to make homelessness everyone’s business. This work aimed to build on the priorities of the preceding legacy councils to create one single strategy. Currently, there is a single BCP Council Action Plan which aligns the action plans of the preceding legacy councils.

Under the Homelessness Act 2002, all housing authorities must have in place a Homelessness Strategy based on a review of all forms of homelessness in their district and demonstrating how homelessness will be prevented and resolved. The Strategy must be renewed at least every 5 years.

All the key details were provided in the Information Document. Respondents were encouraged to read this and the draft Strategy before responding to the survey to give us their views.

They could also find further information below in the following key sources:

The consultation ran from Wednesday 28 October 2020 until midnight on 20 January 2021.

If respondents had any questions about the engagement or needed the documents in a different format, they could email fraser.nicholson@bcpcouncil.gov.uk.

Outcome

Following the consultation, a full report on the findings and outcomes of the consultation was presented to Cabinet to ensure the Strategy is agreed before April 2021. The Strategy successfully passed through Cabinet and now the BCP HRS Action Plan is being developed.


The Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Homelessness Partnership worked together to develop a draft Homelessness & Rough Sleeping Strategy which seeked to make homelessness everyone’s business. This work aimed to build on the priorities of the preceding legacy councils to create one single strategy. Currently, there is a single BCP Council Action Plan which aligns the action plans of the preceding legacy councils.

Under the Homelessness Act 2002, all housing authorities must have in place a Homelessness Strategy based on a review of all forms of homelessness in their district and demonstrating how homelessness will be prevented and resolved. The Strategy must be renewed at least every 5 years.

All the key details were provided in the Information Document. Respondents were encouraged to read this and the draft Strategy before responding to the survey to give us their views.

They could also find further information below in the following key sources:

The consultation ran from Wednesday 28 October 2020 until midnight on 20 January 2021.

If respondents had any questions about the engagement or needed the documents in a different format, they could email fraser.nicholson@bcpcouncil.gov.uk.

Outcome

Following the consultation, a full report on the findings and outcomes of the consultation was presented to Cabinet to ensure the Strategy is agreed before April 2021. The Strategy successfully passed through Cabinet and now the BCP HRS Action Plan is being developed.