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Government adviser urges ministers to expand Housing First

Ministers must pile further cash into Housing First schemes if they want to meet their target of ending rough sleeping in England by 2024, a Government adviser has urged.

Ministers must pile further cash into Housing First schemes if they want to meet their target of ending rough sleeping in England by 2024, a Government adviser has urged.

Rick Henderson, a member of the Government's rough sleeping advisory panel, called on ministers to roll out Housing First, which is based on the principle of providing rough sleepers with a home from which they can better receive support.

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