Guarantee multi-year, inflation-linked funding for homelessness services that includes:

• Ring-fencing and increasing the Housing Support Grant to ensure it remains hypothecated funding that is responsive to annual uplifts in the Real Living Wage

• Dedicated resources for workforce salaries, training, and professional development

Short-term funding cycles without annual uplifts undermine service stability and make it difficult to retain skilled staff, with services forced to either absorb the additional costs or scale back delivery, both of which compromise the quality of trauma-informed care.

Prioritise early identification, intervention and prevention as the only true path to ending homelessness:

• Recognise schools as critical spaces for spotting early signs of distress and support them to act as frontline responders, whilst investing in proven early intervention models like Upstream Cymru, which deliver lasting impact.

• Fund children and young people’s workers supporting those affected by domestic abuse to ensure sustainable early intervention, prevention, and awareness—particularly in identifying early signs of harmful behaviours and breaking the cycle of abuse

Prioritising early identification, intervention, and prevention is key to ending homelessness. It reduces pressure on public services, improves life chances for vulnerable young people and families, and builds stronger communities. Embedding early intervention responsibilities within education settings enables timely support and coordinated action. Children and young people’s workers supporting those affected by domestic abuse are central to this effort.

Provide sustained funding for post-16 education and employability programmes tailored to neurodiverse young people and those with learning difficulties or disabilities

Many young people are unable to stay in mainstream education due to unmet needs, and face greater risks of exclusion, unemployment, and homelessness. This is especially true for neurodiverse young people, who are disproportionately represented in youth homelessness figures.

Require all Welsh local authorities to collect and report data on LGBTQ+ youth homelessness, and fund specialist services, such as Ty Pride, in all regions

One in four young people experiencing homelessness identify as LGBTQ+, yet data collection is inconsistent. Dedicated LGBTQ+ housing services provide not only safe accommodation but also affirming environments where young people can access tailored support, rebuild trust, and begin to thrive - something general provision often cannot offer.