Principal Officer for Homelessness Policy, Funding and Delivery

Responsibility at Head of Business Unit level for the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to support housing authorities in addressing homelessness at the national and local level. This includes overseeing local authorities’ homeless services programmes and the delegation of funding towards the provision of accommodation and related services to homeless persons. In addition, the Unit has responsibility for the delivery for the homeless actions set out in the Programme for Government and coordinating the Inter-Agency response to homelessness.