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Ministerial Response to the Jersey Homelessness Strategy

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A decision made on 8 March 2021

Ministerial decision reference: MD-H-2021-0001

 

Decision Summary Title

Ministerial Response to the Jersey Homelessness Strategy

Decision summary author

 

Senior Policy Officer

 

 

Is the decision summary public or exempt? 

Public

 

 

Report title:  

Ministerial Response to the Jersey Homelessness Strategy

Report author or name of person giving report

 

Senior Policy Officer

 

 

Is the report public or exempt?

 

Public

 

 

Decision and reason for the decision

The Minister approved the Report entitled ‘Ministerial Response to the Jersey Homelessness Strategy’ and decided that it should be presented to the States Assembly in the ‘R’ series.

 

The Jersey Homelessness Strategy was published in January 2021. The strategy has been prepared independently by the Homelessness Strategic Board, which includes Government of Jersey officials. The ministerial response, therefore, sets out the actions that the Government will take forward in the next five-years to address homelessness.

 

Resource implications

There are no resource implications arising from this Ministerial Decision.

 

Action required:

Private Secretary to send the report to the States Greffier for presentation to the States Assembly as soon as practicable.

Signature

 

 

 

Position

Deputy Russell Labey

Minister for Housing and Communities

 

Date signed

 

 

 

 

Effective date of the decision

 

 

 

 

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