The Director of Communities, Housing and Environment gave approval for
a) acceptance of the Homelessness Prevention Grant 2023/2024 and 2024/25.
b) the budget allocation of the Homelessness Prevention Grant 2023/2024 as set out in Appendix 1, with the same approach to be applied to the Homelessness Prevent Grant 2024/2025.
c) acceptance of the Homes for Ukraine top-up to the Homelessness Prevention Fund and the breakdown of its allocation as set out in Appendix 2.
d) acceptance of any future funding from Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities that is paid in the form of a top up to the Homelessness Prevention Grant within 2023-2025 with its allocation set by Leeds Housing Options in a way that meets service demand and pressures, and achieves key objectives at that time.
e) the creation of 3x C1 Housing Adviser posts on the Leeds Housing Options structure, recruited to on a fixed term contract basis for two years.