city of edinburgh council delivering the homelessness strategy

City of Edinburgh Council

Delivering the Homelessness

Strategy

Edinburgh Context -Demographics

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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