To set out how Staffordshire County Council’s (Children’s Services) and Staffordshire’s district/borough councils (Local Housing Authorities) will work together to provide a consistent approach with a focus on the best possible outcomes for our young people who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless by:
- Ensuring effective homelessness prevention services for 16- and 17-year-olds.
- Ensuring that legislation and statutory guidance is interpreted consistently by Staffordshire County Council’s (Children’s Services) and Staffordshire’s district/borough councils (Local Housing Authorities).
- Providing clarity for all organisations on their roles and responsibilities in line with current legislation and statutory guidance, including that contained within the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017
- Providing clarity for all organisations on their roles and responsibilities following the judgment in the R (G) v LB Southwark (May 2009) by the House of Lords (‘the Southwark Judgment’) and joint statutory guidance - Provision of accommodation for 16- and 17-year-olds who may be homeless 2018
