Procurement Summary
Country: United Kingdom
Summary: Cov - Housing Related Support Services (2026)
Deadline: 19 Sep 2025
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 124294825
Document Ref. No.: COV-21558
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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Coventry City Council ("the Council") are seeing a sharp increase in people approaching the statutory homeless service (a 36% increase in approaches from 22/23 to 23/24). This increase in footfall has resulted in a significant increase in the number of households in temporary accommodation. Our Supported Temporary Accommodation (STA) provision is provided by the Council for single people and in order to receive enhanced housing benefit rates, housing related support must be provided. As part of the Council's Medium Term Financial Strategy savings, we will be expanding the portfolio over the next 12 months to cater for the demand and deliver savings. Commissioned support will need to be delivered into the provision, and this commissioning round will factor this in. Coventry's latest homeless review (2024) identified a number of key challenges and factors that impact homelessness in the city. • Affordability: The cost of housing, whether through buying or renting, is rising faster than household incomes, creating a disparity and the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates have struggled to keep pace with the rising rents. • Health and homelessness: it is well evidenced that people who are homeless experience worse health outcomes than the rest of the population, this includes both physical health as well as mental health and medical interventions and support for the use of substances. • Domestic abuse: Domestic abuse is a key factor in terms of homelessness within Coventry. • Incre...
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