Funding/Management of Housing & Homelessness
Case reference FOI2025/01126
Received 3 November 2025
Published 28 November 2025
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. If any of the requested information is already publicly available, please provide a link or reference.
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
In 2024/25, 1018 applications for housing assistance
o Year on year total and percentage change
2024/25 - 1018 households
2023/24 - 1186 households
% change - 14.1% decrease
- Total expenditure on homelessness and associated services in most recent
financial year
Temporary Accommodation (2024/25) - £759,964
Homelessness Prevention Grant (2024/25) - £751,248
o Year on year total and percentage change – Information Not Held
o As a percentage of total budget, expenditure on homelessness and associated
services in most recent financial year
Temporary Accommodation (2024/25) - £759,964
Homelessness Prevention Grant (2024/25) - £751,248
- Total number of nights spent in temporary accommodation in most recent
financial year
In 2024/25, 10,326 nights spent in temporary accommodation
o Year on year total and percentage change
2024/25 - 10,326 nights spent in temporary accommodation
2023/24 - 10,857 nights spent in temporary accommodation
% change - 5.0% decrease
2. Furthermore, where recorded, please provide data on outcomes or success
rates for the following types of intervention:
- Temporary accommodation: Information Not Held
- Rapid rehousing: Information Not Held
- Supported housing schemes: Information Not Held
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.
Homelessness Prevention Grant within public domain - Homelessness
Prevention Grant allocations: 2025 to 2026 - GOV.UK
Rough Sleeper Initiative (2024/25) - £186,421
Rent Income (2024/25) - £824,392
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.
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
i. Name of the private partner(s) (e.g. company or charity):
Various informal and formal partnerships including (but not limited to ) Beam Up
Ltd (company), Porchlight (charity), Callibre (company) and Housing Reviews Ltd
(company).
ii. Date of commencement and duration of the contract or agreement
Beam Up Ltd - 19th April 2024
Porchlight - 1st July 2025
Housing Reviews Ltd - 2nd May 2022
Callibre - Contract details
iii. Purpose and scope (e.g., management of temporary accommodation,
development of affordable homes, regeneration project).
Beam Up Ltd - Procurement of private rented accommodation for homeless
households.
Porchlight - Rough sleeper accommodation and support services.
Housing Reviews Ltd (company) - Conducting Section 202 Reviews on behalf of
the Council.
Callibre - Contract details
iv. Funding structure – the proportion of budget provided by the authority versus
the private partner
Information Not Held
Documents
This is Tunbridge Wells Borough Council's response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.