Overview

• Nearly £70m goes to the Rough Sleeping Prevention and Recovery Grant for 62 councils, about £11m supports families in temporary accommodation, £3m funds drug and alcohol services, and £200,000 boosts voluntary-sector grants.
• London is allocated £36.5m, with further shares reported for the North West (£8.2m), the North East (£1.5m), Birmingham (£1.4m), Oxford about £1m, York £479,000 and Southampton £664,000.
• Ministers say the family support will cover essentials such as food, school travel, laundry, Wi‑Fi and uniforms to help children stay in education.
• The package sits alongside a wider £1bn homelessness commitment this year, set against record levels of 131,140 households and about 169,050 children in temporary accommodation as of March 2025.
• Charities including Crisis and St Mungo’s welcomed the cash but urged a long-term strategy with large-scale social housing, and the government signalled plans to repeal the Vagrancy Act 1824 by next spring.