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Welsh Government announces allocations for £10m youth homelessness fund
The Welsh Government has announced how it will spend a £10m fund aimed at preventing youth homelessness.
First minister Carwyn Jones announced the funding in December last year as part of the Welsh Government’s target to end youth homelessness by 2027.
Nearly half the money – £4.8m – has been allocated for an Innovation Fund to develop new housing options for young people, including those leaving care.
Another £3.8m will be channelled into the Welsh Government’s Youth Support Grant, which intends to tackle the root causes of youth homelessness.
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The St David’s Day Fund – which provides financial support for young care leavers – has been handed £1m.
Housing charity Shelter Cymru has been allocated £250,000 for its work helping people sustain tenancies and the remaining £250,000 will be spent on communication and engagement programmes to raise young people’s awareness of available services.
Mr Jones said: “Too many young people are facing a future that can seem bleak, unfair and inevitable due to insecure housing. That’s why we’re committed to ending youth homelessness by 2027.
“Our approach is bold, innovative and focused on interventions that make a real difference to the lives of young people facing homelessness – already since 2015 over 18,000 have been prevented from becoming homeless.”
The £10m is separate to another £20m already allocated for homelessness prevention in Wales from 2018 to 2020.
