Report and appendix attached.

Cabinet:

1.    Approved the draft Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy and ask officers to commence the formal consultation process with members of the public, key stakeholders and partners.

2.    Noted that the outcome of the consultation will inform and shape the final Strategy and its future priorities before final approval is sought from Cabinet.

The report presented to Cabinet set out the draft Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy that the Council is planning to implement in the next 4 years. The Council hopes to reduce the use and cost of temporary accommodation and it hopes to reduce rough sleeping by half by 2021.

Cabinet:

1.    Approved the draft Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy and asked officers to commence the formal consultation process with members of the public, key stakeholders and partners.

2.    Noted that the outcome of the consultation will inform and shape the final Strategy and its future priorities before final approval is sought from Cabinet.