Hierarchy of Housing Board and Covid-19 Response Groups

Focus on Covid-19 response with various groups established for coordination. Housing Board utilizes existing networks for input and feedback, encourages collaborative efforts among partners, and engages in consultations and projects. Addresses issues related to rough sleepers, vulnerable groups, and various specific strategic groups.

• Housing Board
• Covid-19 Response
• Collaboration
• Partnerships

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1. Housing Board update Sue Beecroft sue.beecroft@cambridge.gov.uk 07715 200 730

2. Much of our focus is on Covid-19 County Council has set up a whole hierarchy of groups to deal with the many effects and implications, lots of housing partners are on many of these groups Housing Board approach was to use our existing networks to gather input, views, feedback and identify issues Continue to helping partners work together, keep aware of each others issues and good practice Draw in new board members to fortnightly online meetings e.g. drugs and alcohol team, public health, mental health, CCG etc

3. Local Resilience Forum C&P Strategic Coordination Group (SCG) C&P Community Reference Group (CRG) Next slide C&P Excluded Groups team Housing Board H4C&P and Development Forum Multi Agenciy Incident Coordination (MAIC) Homelessness strategy group Next slide +1 Housing Related Support provider forum: Other consultations and joint projects as needed Feeding in district 'cell' issues, fortnightly for housing provider / association risks & issues Summary issues, weekly For stats, weekly Cambridge East Cambs Fenland Huntingdonshire South Cambs Peterborough West Suffolk

4. Rough Sleepers / those at risk of homelessness (Housing Board ) Gypsies and Travellers strategic group Sex workers No recourse to public funds Migrant workers Excluded Groups Drug and Alcohol Delivery Board Domestic abuse Mental Health of vulnerable groups Child Criminal Exploitation CCJB for Offenders

5. Homelessness strategy group ECDC monthly meeting with community hub. Chair: Sarah Burton Cambridge covid group Chair: James McWilliams Fortnighly FDC covid group: Chair Sarah Gove HDC covid groups1: chair Jon Collen SCDC: no specific homelessness group PCC has 3 covid groups West Suffolk Weekly Corporate Business Continuity group includes housing Weekly Safer off the streets covid group With FDC, Ferry Project and CGL Suffolk-wide weekly housing Group for Covid. Includes social care, police, probation & CRC, CCG, D&B s, CYPS Regular meeting with temp accom providers & P3 (Street Outreach). Sanctuary Housing, P3 Floating Support, Rosmini Centre, DWP, GPs, churches, foodbank, Early hlep team, family workers, police, drug & alcohol service, christians against poverty CGL, Wintercomfort, Riverside Housing, Cyrenians, ITAC, CCHP, Jimmy's, Police, Cambridge Access Surgery, County Council, NHS, P3, CPFT, Addenbrooke's Weekly Rough Sleeper Rest Centre Taskforce Daily rest centre management team meeting to discuss ongoing operations

6. Housing enablers alert to slow downs on site / picking up again H4C&P via Karen providing feedback on effect on development rates etc Strengthening links to health and care partners Housing Related Support forum providing feedback on effect of Covid on support, and needs presenting New homes & communities Homes for wellbeing Housing need & homelessness Existing homes Covid for HMOs booklet (Like to investigate poor housing conditions and Covid-19 outcomes) Monitoring rough sleepers in hotels Registering with GPs PWNRTPF Allocations policy & survey of lettings / voids

7. Housing enablers alert to slow downs on site / picking up again H4C&P via Karen providing feedback on effect on development rates etc Strengthening links to health and care partners Housing Related Support forum providing feedback on effect of Covid on support, and needs presenting New homes & communities Homes for wellbeing Housing need & homelessness Existing homes Covid for HMOs booklet (Like to investigate poor housing conditions and Covid-19 outcomes) Monitoring rough sleepers in hotels Registering with GPs PWNRTPF Allocations policy & survey of lettings / voids

8. Recovery / transition planning All working to prepare for what comes next Keen to find out how you are affected and how your development programmes are looking Sure you are aware of CPCA letter / fund to help overcome barriers to development Await news on govt funds for new homes How can we work better together? Would it help to add something across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, in addition to local authority links? Want to adopt the Making Every Adult Matter i.e. person-centred approach which means working across partnerships to build shared recovery plans for all aspects of housing and covid

9. Useful links Housing board papers at https://cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk/housingboard/ (includes temporary Covid terms of ref) (see slide 10) Covid Newsreel at https://cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk/coronavirus-covid-19- newsreel/ (see slide 11) New Covid / housing page at https://cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk/covid-19-and- housing/ (see slide 12) MEAM approach to transition planning here http://meam.org.uk/wp- content/uploads/2020/05/Framework-transition-planning- v1.pdf

12. Please do get in touch with thoughts, ideas, suggestions Sue Beecroft sue.beecroft@cambridge.gov.uk 07715 200 730