Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Team
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
2nd floor, Fry Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
Open consultation
Funding arrangements for the Homelessness Prevention Grant from 2026/27 onwards
- From:
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Published
- 28 January 2025
- Last updated
- 21 February 2025 — See all updates
Applies to England
Summary
This consultation seeks views on the approach to the Homelessness Prevention Grant from 2026/27 onwards.
This consultation closes at
Consultation description
The Homelessness Prevention Grant (HPG) is provided to all local authorities in England to support their statutory obligations and to help deliver local homelessness and rough sleeping strategies.
This consultation is seeking views on HPG and the formula that is used to calculate the need for funding. This consultation will consider proposals on the measures and metrics used to ensure need is calculated accurately based on current and relative pressures.
To help visualise and consider our proposed changes, we have also published illustrative allocations below. These do not account for any adjustments for available resources, which government is considering as part of wider reforms to local government funding.
They are also highly likely to change when the calculations are re-run using the latest available data when allocations are finalised. These should not be considered as representative figures for future allocations.
For information on the allocation of Homelessness Prevention Grant funding for local authorities in the financial year 2025 to 2026 see the Homelessness Prevention Grant 2025-26: technical note.
Documents
Transitional arrangements: Illustrative funding allocations
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Updates to this page
Published 28 January 2025
Last updated 21 February 2025
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Figure 5.1 has been revised to reflect the correct information. The previous version contained old information that is not applicable to the new HPG funding metrics and proportions
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First published.
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Summary
This consultation seeks views on the approach to the Homelessness Prevention Grant from 2026/27 onwards.
This consultation closes at
Consultation description
The Homelessness Prevention Grant (HPG) is provided to all local authorities in England to support their statutory obligations and to help deliver local homelessness and rough sleeping strategies.
This consultation is seeking views on HPG and the formula that is used to calculate the need for funding. This consultation will consider proposals on the measures and metrics used to ensure need is calculated accurately based on current and relative pressures.
To help visualise and consider our proposed changes, we have also published illustrative allocations below. These do not account for any adjustments for available resources, which government is considering as part of wider reforms to local government funding. They are also highly likely to change when the calculations are re-run using the latest available data when allocations are finalised. These should not be considered as representative figures for future allocations.
For information on the allocation of Homelessness Prevention Grant funding for local authorities in the financial year 2025 to 2026 see the Homelessness Prevention Grant 2025-26: technical note.
Documents
Transitional arrangements: Illustrative funding allocations
ODS, 55.3157 KB
This file is in an OpenDocument format
Ways to respond
or
Email to:
Homelessnesspolicy@levellingup.gov.ukHomelessnesspolicy@communities.gov.uk
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Updates to this page
Published 28 January 2025Last updated 21 February 2025 + show all updates
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Figure 5.1 has been revised to reflect the correct information. The previous version contained old information that is not applicable to the new HPG funding metrics and proportions
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First published.
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Update history
2025-02-21 10:13
Figure 5.1 has been revised to reflect the correct information. The previous version contained old information that is not applicable to the new HPG funding metrics and proportions
2025-01-28 09:41
First published.