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Table of Contents

Executive Summary
Introduction
Rough sleeping: the scale of the challenge
Getting people off the streets: what can emergency action achieve?
Getting people housed: what has Housing First taught us?
- Scotland: the housing constraint
- Ireland: from individual projects to a national programme
Making reductions in rough sleeping last: lessons from Manchester and Finland
Preventing rough sleeping before it starts
What more is needed to end rough sleeping?
- A UK ambition, but different funding systems
What does it mean for councils in England?
Conclusion
Additional resources

What more can we do to end rough sleeping?

Jill Morgan

1st September 2026
England & Wales Northern Ireland Scotland
16 mins read

This briefing examines England’s new £442m Rough Sleeping Programme, the lessons from previous approaches and the growing focus on prevention, unpacking what the new funding means for local government and what more is needed to end rough sleeping for good.

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