City of Edinburgh Council Delivering the Homelessness Strategy
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City of Edinburgh Council
Delivering the Homelessness
Strategy
Edinburgh Context -Demographics
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Projected Population Projected Households
Projected Household Size
� Scotland’s capital city
� Population – 468,070 and growing
� Households - 213,630. Increase to 288,500 in 2031
� Average household size will reduce to 1.82 people in 2031.
Edinburgh Context Housing
� 65% owner occupation
� Largest private rented sector in Scotland -17%
� 16% council and housing association
� 58% of properties are flats
Shortage of Affordable Housing
� 12,000 new affordable homes needed over 10
years
� 27,000 people on Edindex – Edinburgh’s
housing register
� 154 bids per council house
� 5,000 homeless presentations each year
Homelessness Presentations
Homelessness Presentation and Council Lets
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Homelessness Strategy
� First Homelessness Strategy focussed on tackling crisis
– Rough Sleepers Initiative
– Supporting People
� Outcome – Reduction in rough sleeping
– Crisis management services in place
� But still high level of presentations
� Preventing homelessness
� Finding a home
� Keeping a home
New Homelessness Strategy
Procurement context
� Less money – need to be more efficient
� Need to demonstrate that value for money and
quality have been tested
� Open tendering regarded
as best approach
Approach to procurement
� High focus on quality (70%)
� Outcomes delivery
� Link to wider strategy and sustainment
� Added value
Focus of new services
� Outcomes– prevent homelessness
– customers access the private rented sector.
– customers sustain accommodation
– customers access temporary accommodation
– customers access training, employment, and volunteering
– customers access primary health care services.
What we have achieved –
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Homeless Presentation % housed
General and complex needs support
Establish a home
Keeping a home
Crisis centre
Private rented sector
Finding a home
500 hours of preventative visiting support
Housing advice service (3000 households)
Prevent homelessness
What we have achieved –
New Services
Key lessons
� Strategy
� Time
� Registration issues
� Monitoring in transition
� Focus on outcomes
� Strong relationships
Issues to consider
FlexibilityDelivery open to all providers
Current negative views of
tendering
Commissioning on an open
and transparent basis
Could limit flexibilityAllows innovation
Hard work but easier once
up and running
Demonstration of best
value/quality
Transition potentially unsettling
Ensures strong link to strategy