Financial Support and Investment Strategies • The cost of Temporary Accommodation is ascertained to better understand how it is being funded including rent charging, housing benefits and housing benefit loss. • Scottish Government provide multi-year settlements for RPAs to facilitate improved housing investment strategies. • Scottish Government commit to adequate new burdens funding for local authority homelessness services arising from the Housing Bill. • The Affordable Housing Supply Programme along with other funding streams for housing is reviewed with the Scottish Government to allow greater flexibility e.g. for the provision of key worker housing, acquisitions and supporting community trusts. • Local authorities strive to ensure AHSP funding is fully spent during the next financial year. 1 3.