Draft Homelessness & Rough Sleeping Strategy - Consultation The purpose of this questionnaire is to gather your views on the Draft Homelessness Strategy 2025-2030. The Strategy is available on Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s website at www.stoke.gov.uk. Please indicate which of the following describes you? (select all that apply): Local Authority Employee or Member Other Statutory organisation Provider of Homeless Services Other Voluntary Sector Organisation Person with lived experience of homelessness Member of the Public Do you agree with the Vvision of the draft Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy: A city where everyone has a safe and secure place to call home? Yes Partially Not at all If you answered ‘partially’ or ‘not at all’, please provide further information: The draft Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy has identified 3 priorities based on the findings from the Homelessness Review and the first phase of consultation. These are: Prevention: To raise the priority of homelessness prevention within the city. To embed robust pathways through early intervention to identify and prevent crisis situations Innovative Intervention: To intervene to relieve homelessness and tackle rough sleeping quickly, by exploring new and innovative ways to make best use of the accommodation options we have available in the city to ensure households have prompt access to appropriate accommodation. Focus on Support: To ensure those most vulnerable to homelessness, including single people and families with children, have the right level of support tailored to their needs within appropriate and secure accommodation Do you agree that we need to raise the priority of homelessness prevention within the city and identify crisis situations earlier? Yes Partially Not at all If you answered ‘partially’ or ‘not at all’, please provide further information: Do you agree that we need to intervene to relieve homelessness and tackle rough sleeping quickly, by exploring new and innovative ways to make the best use of the accommodation options we have available in the city? Yes Partially Not at all If you answered ‘partially’ or ‘not at all’, please provide further information: Do you agree that we need to ensure those most vulnerable to homelessness, including single people and families with children, have the right level of support, tailored to their needs within appropriate and secure accommodation? Yes Partially No If you answered ‘partially’ or ‘not at all’, please provide further information: Do you have any other comments and suggestions to make on the contents of the draft Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy?