Rough sleeping winter pressures 2024-25 funding allocations
Rough sleeping winter pressures funding allocations to local authorities identified as facing the greatest pressures in winter 2024-25.
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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 announced £10 million in funding for rough sleeping winter pressures 2024-25 on 6 November 2024.
The £10 million fund has been allocated across London and to a further 115 local authorities in England.
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. Ultimately, services provided with the winter pressures funding will reduce the risk of deaths from exposure to extreme weather for the most vulnerable individuals.