Housing Support Grant
The Housing Support Grant (HSG) core purpose is to prevent homelessness and support people to have the capability, independence, skills and confidence to access and/or maintain a stable and suitable home.
Housing is a key priority area in the Welsh Government’s Prosperity for All National Strategy, which sets out the vision that “We want everyone to live in a home that meets their needs and supports a healthy, successful and prosperous life”.
Monmouthshire County Council’s (MCC) HSG supports the aim of working together to prevent homelessness and where it cannot be prevented, ensuring it is rare, brief and un-repeated. To do this we need to tackle the root cause of homelessness and work to enable people to stay in their own homes longer.
Housing-related support seeks to enable vulnerable people to maintain and increase their independence and capacity to remain in their own home.
Monmouthshire County Council’s HSG aims to deliver housing-related support services, which support Welsh Government’s vision to secure “A Wales where nobody is homeless and everyone has a safe home where they can flourish and live a fulfilled, active and independent life”.
Our Purpose >
Monmouthshire County Council’s HSG works in full alignment with the aims of MCC’s Corporate Plan; the challenges in the Well-being Plan surface issues that are incredibly important for the Council and the local area. As a key partner on the Public Services Board (PSB), MCC’s will play a significant role in taking these forward and recognises that they are the principal enablers in enabling the shifts and changes needed to develop a sustainable and resilient future.
The Council has set four Well-being Objectives that focus on the specific contribution of our organisation towards well-being in the county.
| Purpose | Building Sustainable and Resilient Communities | |
|---|---|---|
| Our aspiration is to: | Reduce inequalities between communities and within communities Support and protect vulnerable people Realise the benefits that the natural environment has to offer | |
| Our Well-being Objectives are: | People/Citizens | Place/Communities |
| Provide children and young people with the best possible start in life | Protect and enhance the resilience of our natural environment whilst mitigating and adapting to the impact of climate change | |
| Respond to the challenges associated with demographic change | Develop opportunities for communities and businesses to be part of an economically thriving and well-connected county |
So, what does the Monmouthshire HSG programme do? >
Monmouthshire’s HSG works to prevent homelessness and support people to have the capability, independence, skills and confidence to access and/or maintain a stable and suitable home. This is achieved through:
- Services that build the capacity and ability of individuals or households to maintain a home
- Services that prevent homelessness or the need for an individual to live in an inappropriate institutional setting
- Providing or enabling access to suitable housing for individuals or households
- Services that mitigate the impact of homelessness on individuals or households
- Brokering access to other services for people in housing need
- Raising awareness and understanding with other professionals and with the wider public, including in schools and colleges
- Action to enforce legislation intended to secure and maintain access to good quality homes. For example, legislation that places duties on landlords to be registered and regarding the management of tenancies
Eligibility >
The HSG is an early intervention grant programme to support activity, which prevents people from becoming homeless, stabilises their housing situation, or helps potentially homeless people to find and keep accommodation.
The HSG does not fund the statutory duty on local authorities to prevent homelessness, instead HSG funded services augment, complement and support the statutory service to ensure that the overall offer authorities provide helps people into the right homes with the right support to succeed.
It supports vulnerable people to address the, sometimes multiple, problems they face, such as debt, employment, tenancy management, substance misuse, violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence, and mental health issues.
Support is person centred, aimed at supporting people to secure and maintain sustainable housing by addressing the mental health and substance misuse or other problems they face, helping to improve their health and well-being and/or helping them progress into, or nearer to, a job or training opportunity based on their specific circumstances.
People eligible for services must be over 16
There is no cost to access Housing Support, however you must reside within the Monmouthshire area to access our services. If you live outside of Monmouthshire, please contact your Local Authority for more information on the services that are available to you.
Help cannot be provided with personal care. If you require these services you should contact MCC’s Social Care for Adults team
Please find more information on the types of HSG services that can be accessed on our Housing Support web page at: https://www.monmouthshire.gov.uk/housing/housing-support/
Meet the Team >
Trudy Griffin
Housing Support Commissioning & Operations Manager
Related Documents >
Monmouthshire Housing Support Services provide support to people who are homeless, or who are having difficulties in keeping or finding a home.
If you need support to access suitable accommodation or to remain in your own home, please get in touch with Monmouthshire County Council’s Housing Support Team on:
Phone: 01633 740730