A rough sleeper on Brighton seafront. Photo: Mike Pennington / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Brighton and Hove City Council wants to cut the number of people sleeping rough in the city from 57 on a single night in autumn 2025 to 20 by autumn 2028. The 20 is a target, not today's figure.
The goal is in the council's Homes for Everyone: Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Local Delivery Plan, which went to Cabinet on 12 November 2026.
The targets
The plan sets a snapshot target for each autumn, counted on a single night:
- Autumn 2025 (baseline): 57 people
- Autumn 2026: 46
- Autumn 2027: 32
- Autumn 2028: 20
The action plan also sets a separate aim to reduce long-term rough sleeping, from 24 people in November 2025 to 8 by November 2028.
What we do not know yet
- The count for autumn 2026 has not been published in the Cabinet papers.
- The papers do not make clear how much extra accommodation the plan will provide.
The plan's action plans are set out in Appendix 1 of the Cabinet report, with the targets on page 11.
Sources: Homes for Everyone: Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Local Delivery Plan (Cabinet report); Appendix 1: Action Plans; Cabinet decision record.
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