Slide 27 - Homelessness pathway Homelessness pathway Prior to custody Prevent loss of accommodation if possible Upon reception Basic Custody Screening Tool includes housing risk 12 weeks prior to release NPS / CRCW review the individual resettlement plan 66 days prior to release NPS / CRCW undertake critical review of accommodation 7 days prior to release Make offer of suitable accommodation Day of release Home authority can provide relief duties Facilitator Notes This slide shows the Milestones of the National Pathway for Homelessness Services to Adults in the Secure Estate. The pathway is designed to fit into the main pathway, which has already been discussed. Note that a similar pathway has been developed for children and young people. The Housing Act (Wales) 2014 changed the criteria for priority in housing for those coming out of custody. The main requirements are a local connection with housing authority and vulnerable as a result of one of the following: Served a custodial sentence Been remanded to custody Been remanded in youth detention The Housing Act was one of the main drivers behind the recent national pathway for people in the secure estate, ensuring that those in prison had access to meaningful homelessness prevention services. This may not have been the case where the guarantee of temporary accommodation was waiting on release. The focus on priority need is no longer as important. Every person is entitled to help, and the requirement for the local authority to be satisfied whether priority need exists comes right at the end of the journey after other work has been completed. Emergency accommodation (Section 68 Housing Act (Wales) 2014) is still available for people who have no accommodation available to them should the local authority have a reason to believe the person may be eligible, may be homeless, or may have a priority need. Housing and homelessness will be a major issue for many people in custody, and the exclusion on protection of housing may exacerbate this. For young offenders transferring to the secure estate the problem is likely to be worse. For these reasons awareness of the housing pathway and its connection to other duties is extremely important.
Slide 27 - Homelessness pathway Homelessness pathway Prior to custody Prevent loss of accommodation if possible Upon reception Basic Custody Screening Tool includes housing risk 12 weeks prior to release NPS / CRCW review the individual resettlement plan 66 days prior to release NPS / CRCW undertake critical review of accommodation 7 days prior to release Make offer of suitable accommodation Day of release Home authority can provide relief duties Facilitator Notes This slide shows the Milestones of the National Pathway for Homelessness Services to Adults in the Secure Estate. The pathway is designed to fit into the main pathway, which has already been discussed. Note that a similar pathway has been developed for children and young people. The Housing Act (Wales) 2014 changed the criteria for priority in housing for those coming out of custody. The main requirements are a local connection with housing authority and vulnerable as a result of one of the following: Served a custodial sentence Been remanded to custody Been remanded in youth detention The Housing Act was one of the main drivers behind the recent national pathway for people in the secure estate, ensuring that those in prison had access to meaningful homelessness prevention services. This may not have been the case where the guarantee of temporary accommodation was waiting on release. The focus on priority need is no longer as important. Every person is entitled to help, and the requirement for the local authority to be satisfied whether priority need exists comes right at the end of the journey after other work has been completed. Emergency accommodation (Section 68 Housing Act (Wales) 2014) is still available for people who have no accommodation available to them should the local authority have a reason to believe the person may be eligible, may be homeless, or may have a priority need. Housing and homelessness will be a major issue for many people in custody, and the exclusion on protection of housing may exacerbate this. For young offenders transferring to the secure estate the problem is likely to be worse. For these reasons awareness of the housing pathway and its connection to other duties is extremely important.