Family Welcome Centre
Havering Council is developing its homelessness strategy, which aims to reduce reliance on temporary accommodation, including emergency provision like the Family Welcome Centre.
Havering Council's People Overview & Scrutiny Sub Committee scrutinised the draft Homelessness Prevention and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2026-2029 in September 2026. This strategy aims to achieve £11-12 million in annual savings by reducing reliance on expensive temporary accommodation, with an objective to end the use of nightly paid and hotel accommodation by 2030, according to a report.
The Family Welcome Centre, a proposed emergency accommodation for vulnerable families in Havering, was scheduled to open in April 2026. It forms the first phase of the Harold Hill Town Centre Regeneration Masterplan vision, providing additional accommodation to address homelessness.
Separately, Havering Council faced challenges in delivering £1.673 million of agreed budget savings for 2025/26. A report to the Overview & Scrutiny Board in October 2025 classified these savings as delayed or not on track.
Key facts
- Havering Council's People Overview & Scrutiny Sub Committee scrutinised the draft Homelessness Prevention and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2026-2029 on 8th September 2026. Source
- The Homelessness Prevention and Rough Sleeping Strategy aims for £11-12 million annual savings. Source
- The strategy aims to end the use of nightly paid and hotel accommodation by 2030. Source
- Havering Council faced challenges delivering £1.673 million of agreed budget savings for 2025/26. Source
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