County Wide Homelessness Strategy consultation Provision for Derbyshire and Staffordshire Moorlands

Tender description

The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 (HRA) came in to force on 3 April 2018. It introduced fundamental changes to how Local Authorities assess and assist homeless applicants. The HRA has prevention at its core and councils need to introduce systems to ensure early intervention and prevention. The partnership work undertaken by Local Authorities since the HRA was implemented, and the response to the Covid-19 pandemic has brought about a collaborative revolution between tier 1 and tier 2 authorities and across multiple agencies and organisations. There is a strong shared consensus to embed all of our successes, progress and learning into a County Wide Strategy Homelessness & Rough Sleeping Strategy. The Derbyshire and Staffordshire Moorlands partnership are seeking the help of a consultancy service to develop and produce a Derbyshire Wide Homelessness Strategy involving nine local authority areas across Derbyshire & Staffs Moorlands to enable the development and maintenance of strategic relationships and partnerships to prevent and respond to homelessness and rough sleeping in Derbyshire.