Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2022-2027

Our vision

To prevent and end homelessness, in all forms, in Gateshead

Our values

• Delivering on the rights and needs of those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
• Listening to those with experience of homelessness
• Enabling a personalised approach
• Providing high standards of communication, co-ordination and consistency in decisions
• Being fair and transparent

Our principles

• Seeing potential, working with strengths
• Listening, learning and responding through co-production
• Working together, inclusively
• It's all about people

Our strategic aims

1. Make homelessness a rare occurrence
2. Where homelessness occurs, there will be positive outcomes for people
3. No-one sleeping rough or in unsuitable accommodation
4. Homelessness is a one-off occurrence