Youth Homelessness

Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services – in the Senedd at 3:03 pm on 3 October 2018.

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Photo of Joyce Watson Joyce Watson Labour 3:03, 3 October 2018

I thank you for that, Cabinet Secretary. The launch of the new ministerial group in June, the purpose of which is to tackle youth homelessness and oversee the housing first projects, is a very welcome way forward, and it does demonstrate a commitment by the Welsh Government to ending youth homelessness, and working collaboratively will also help to achieve that aim. At the beginning of the year, I recall you saying that you had approved funding for a number of those projects within various local authorities and that those would be used for the first model in terms of that housing. I know that it's extremely early days, but I am keen to know if you have any feedback from those projects as yet and, if you do, how you intend to progress that and roll that out more widely across Wales.