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Standards for improving the health and wellbeing of homeless and specific vulnerable groups

This is to ensure homeless and vulnerable people are able to access primary health services, including substance misuse services.

Local authority projects to minimise the impact of housing benefit reform, using Homelessness Grant funding

To help local authorities prevent homelessness as a result of the changes to the housing benefit regime, the Welsh Government made £1.4million available to local authorities.

Housing Solution Impact Assessment

A report to inform the review of homelessness legislation in Wales.

Ten Year Homelessness Plan for Wales

Describes how we are going to tackle homelessness in Wales until 2019.

Equality Impact Assessment Report - Ten Year Homelessness Plan

Outcomes of the assessment.

Health of homeless and specific vulnerable groups

Health of Homeless and Vulnerable Groups
People who are homeless, vulnerable to homelessness or at risk of moving frequently, often experience worse physical and mental health than other groups in society.

A guide for homelessness practitioners and housing advice workers

Gives an insight into autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) for staff in homelessness and housing advice services.
Homeless person

We believe that homelessness must be prevented wherever possible and we will work with our partners to achieve this.

Homelessness is one of the most extreme forms of social exclusion. There will always be instances which result from crises such as fire or flood. More commonly, structural factors such as the housing market and poverty affect the ability of individuals to avoid homelessness and to find their own solutions to overcome it. Homelessness is also often linked to some other aspect of personal crisis.

Everything must be done to avoid an unplanned move from adequate accommodation and to ensure people can act in a planned way to improve their housing circumstances. People must have access to the widest possible housing options. This enables them to secure their own accommodation before they become homeless or as soon as possible after losing their home.