January 2018 – Funding Supported Housing
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government gave an oral statement to Parliament confirming that funding for sheltered and extra-care housing will stay in the welfare system, with the introduction of a sheltered rent that will cap the amount that providers of such housing can charge for gross rent.
In addition, long-term supported housing, such as permanent housing for people with learning or physical disabilities or long-term mental ill health, will also remain in the welfare system. All short-term provision currently funded by the welfare system will continue to be funded at the same level by local authorities in 2020. Housing costs will be funded directly by local authorities through a ring-fenced grant - that ring fence will remain in the long term. The government has stated that the amount of grant funding will continue to take account of the costs of provision and of the required growth in supply.
The government claims that the new model will give councils a bigger role in commissioning short-term accommodation, as well as in strategic planning for supported housing.
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