Rough sleeping winter pressures 2024-25 funding allocations

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The winter period is particularly high-risk for individuals sleeping rough due to increased risks of ill health from extreme weather conditions. People who are homeless or rough sleeping are 8 to 12 times more likely than the general population to die prematurely, particularly from chronic cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. 

In recognition of the significant pressures that local areas face in increasing provision of emergency accommodation and additional support required to safeguard vulnerable people at risk from sleeping rough this winter, the government announcedprovided £10 million in Rough Sleeping Winter Pressures 2024-25 funding forto roughlocal sleepingauthorities winterin pressuresNovember 2024-252024. The government announced a further £20 million on 6 November20 2024.January 2025, bringing the total investment to £30 million.

TheWinter £10Pressures million2024-25 fundfunding has been allocatedmade available across all London boroughs and to250 a further 115 local authoritiescouncils inoutside England.of London.

This funding complements the Rough Sleeping Initiative 2022-25 in supporting local authorities to create additional off the street capacity for people sleeping rough in winter, including providing support to veterans, care leavers and victims of domestic abuse at risk of, or currently experiencing rough sleeping, as well as to people who have slept rough long-term.long term. Ultimately, services provided with the winter pressures funding will reduce the risk of deaths from exposure to extreme weather for the most vulnerable individuals.