Councils across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire will receive more than £2.19 million this year under a new government programme aimed at helping people off the streets by Christmas.
The largest local allocation is £1.22 million for Nottingham City Council, while the seven Nottinghamshire district and borough councils will receive a combined £971,232.
The allocations for 2026/27 are:
Nottingham: £1,218,790
Mansfield: £251,376
Ashfield: £161,946
Bassetlaw: £148,447
Newark and Sherwood: £122,657
Rushcliffe: £116,439
Gedling: £87,131
Broxtowe: £83,235
The funding forms part of a £442 million package announced by Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Wednesday, August 19.
Councils will be expected to provide emergency accommodation and practical support with housing, health and other needs. The government says everyone sleeping rough should be offered a route off the streets by Christmas.
The programme will draw on approaches used during the Covid pandemic, when councils arranged emergency accommodation for people sleeping rough.
Government guidance will ask local authorities to ensure accommodation is accessible to women, including single-sex provision where appropriate and specialist support for victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence.
Further funding for 2027/28 and 2028/29 will be administered regionally. The East Midlands Combined County Authority has been allocated £10.55 million over those two years, covering both Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. The spreadsheet does not divide that regional funding between individual councils.
Across England, the programme is also expected to provide more than 1,000 longer-term homes over three years, supported by services intended to help people remain in accommodation.
A further £8.4 million will go to the Ending Homelessness in Communities Fund. The government says allocations announced for that fund now total £47 million for 100 projects over three years.
Mr Burnham has also announced plans for a national summit in the autumn involving councils, charities, businesses, health organisations, faith groups and other bodies.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said:
“No-one should have to bed down in a doorway or outside a station. But we’ve seen it for so long that it feels like Westminster has started to accept it.
“I won’t accept it. That’s why my first instruction as Prime Minister was to end rough sleeping. And it’s why today we’re getting started with a national drive to get everyone in for Christmas.
“We did it in the pandemic. We can do it again. But it needs all of us. Government will put the money in. But I’m asking leaders in communities and sectors across society to play their part locally too.
“Let’s get people out the cold. And let’s bring back hope.”
Housing Secretary Angela Rayner said:
“When the Prime Minister pledged to end rough sleeping, we said we’d move urgently from words to action. Today we’re delivering on that promise.
“This funding will help thousands of people leave the streets behind, move into secure homes and get the support they need to rebuild their lives.
“Working alongside councils, mayors and charities, we’re backing local areas to tackle rough sleeping at its roots, giving people the security, dignity and opportunity they deserve, and restoring hope to those who have been let down for far too long.”
