Preface
Housing is fundamental to the wellbeing of people, their families, and their communities. Decent housing provides a stable base on which people can build their lives and build successful communities. Poor or unsuitable housing, however, can have negative impacts on many other areas of personal and community life as well as physical and mental health and wellbeing. If you do not have decent housing, everything else becomes much more difficult. Improving housing options, conditions, and neighbourhoods within the city is essential for economic growth, improving outcomes for residents and children including their educational attainment, health and wellbeing, and community cohesion.
Coventry’s new Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy sets out the vision, strategic direction, and priorities for the city for the next five years.
It has been co- produced with customers, partner organisations and stakeholders.
The strategy supports Coventry City Council’s corporate priorities and is reflective of the One Coventry vision for the city. It complements other strategies and programmes that support independence, and targets help at the most vulnerable. It is compliant with key legislation that sets out the Council’s duties in respect to homelessness and rough sleeping. The strategy ensures we deliver on the requirements to prevent homelessness, provide support, and ensure sufficient accommodation is available.
Information about the local context and the challenges our customers face is provided in the most recent homelessness review which has been used to inform this strategy and should be read in conjunction with the Strategy.