Housing and homelessness services and any public private partnerships request
Case reference FOI2025/02013
Received 3 November 2025
Published 18 March 2026
Request
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The request seeks to understand how your authority funds and manages housing and homelessness services and any public private partnerships.
1. Please provide the following data relating to housing and homelessness:
- The total number of households supported through homelessness services in most recent financial year
o Year on year total and percentage change
- Total expenditure on homelessness and associated services in most recent financial year
o Year on year total and percentage change
o As a percentage of total budget, expenditure on homelessness and associated services in most recent financial year
- Total number of nights spent in temporary accommodation in most recent financial year
o Year on year total and percentage change
2. Furthermore, where recorded, please provide data on outcomes or success rates for the following types of intervention:
- Temporary accommodation
- Rapid rehousing
- Supported housing schemes
3. Please provide the details on the funding sources for these services (central government grants, local council tax, business rates, housing revenue account, rental income, capital receipts, private investment, charity/voluntary sector contributions, etc.), with approximate amounts or percentages.
4. Please set out, as a percentage, the proportion of homelessness related spending in the most recent financial year associated with homelessness prevention.
5. Please provide a list of active public private partnerships, joint ventures or similar arrangements through which the authority delivers housing or homelessness services. For each partnership please provide:
i. Name of the private partner(s) (e.g. company or charity).
ii. Date of commencement and duration of the contract or agreement.
iii. Purpose and scope (e.g., management of temporary accommodation, development of affordable homes, regeneration project).
iv. Funding structure – the proportion of budget provided by the authority versus the private partner
Response
1. Please provide the following data relating to housing and homelessness:
- The total number of households supported through homelessness services in most recent financial year
See Detailed local authority level tables: financial year 2024-25 Table A1 row 124 refers
o Year on year total and percentage change
See Statutory_Homelessness_Detailed_Local_Authority_Data_2023-2024_Revised.ods Earlier years also available
- Total expenditure on homelessness and associated services in most recent financial year
2024/25 £1,775,574
o Year on year total and percentage change 2023/24
£2,032,843- 13% reduction
o As a percentage of total budget, expenditure on homelessness and associated services in most recent financial year
7.1%
- Total number of nights spent in temporary accommodation in most recent financial year
3530 in nightly-paid accommodation
Year on year total and percentage change
5123 in 2023/24- 31% more than 2024/25
2. Furthermore, where recorded, please provide data on outcomes or success rates for the following types of intervention:
- Temporary accommodation
Table MD1, column F in the above tables refer
- Rapid rehousing
Table P2 in the above tables refer; table R2 may also be relevant
- Supported housing schemes
2024/25- 22; 2023/24- 20
3. Please provide the details on the funding sources for these services (central government grants, local council tax, business rates, housing revenue account, rental income, capital receipts, private investment, charity/voluntary sector contributions, etc.), with approximate amounts or percentages.
2023/24 2024/25
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Grants |
£1,255,789 |
£1,259,909 |
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Other |
£45,772 |
£47,645 |
4. Please set out, as a percentage, the proportion of homelessness related spending in the most recent financial year associated with homelessness prevention.
Information not held
5. Please provide a list of active public private partnerships, joint ventures or similar arrangements through which the authority delivers housing or homelessness services. For each partnership please provide:
i. Name of the private partner(s) (e.g. company or charity.
ii. Date of commencement and duration of the contract or agreement.
Please see below
iii. Purpose and scope (e.g., management of temporary accommodation, development of affordable homes, regeneration project).
Please see below
iv. Funding structure – the proportion of budget provided by the authority versus the private partner
information not held
Guildford Homeless Outreach and Support Service (HOST) contract
Riverside, provision of rough sleeper outreach and homelessness prevention services, commenced 1 November 2022, 4 years
The Hub, 3-5 York Road, Guildford lease
Riverside, premises operating as emergency accommodation, commenced 1 April 2022, 3 years
NSAP grant agreement
Riverside, provision of specialist support, commenced 1 April 2025, 1 year
NSAP leases
Riverside, premises operating as medium-term accommodation for people with a history of rough sleeping, commenced 14 January 2022, 5 years
Hub grant agreement
Riverside, provision of 2 specialist support workers, commenced 1 April 2025, 1 year
Catalyst grant agreement
Catalyst, provision of substance misuse outreach, commenced 1 April 2025, 1 year
We also work with Transform housing association, A2 Dominion housing association (Pilgrim Project)- both providing supported housing- and I Choose Freedom (safe accommodation for domestic abuse victims).
Documents
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