When homeless people stay at a shelter, the state reimburses a portion of the municipalities’ expenses for their accommodation. The purpose of this report is to examine whether the reimbursement from the state is correctly calculated. The report answers the following questions:
- Have the municipalities ensured that the basis for requests for reimbursement of expenses related to accommodation in shelters is correct?
- Has the Ministry of Social Affairs and Housing supported the municipalities in ensuring that their requests for reimbursement of expenses related to accommodation in shelters are correct?
Rigsrevisionen assesses that the Ministry of Social Affairs and Housing has not adequately ensured correct reimbursement by the state to the municipalities for expenses related to homeless people’s accommodation in shelters. Rigsrevisionen finds this unsatisfactory. The result is that in some instances, the state has reimbursed expenses that should have been paid by the municipalities.
Rigsrevisionen initiated the study in August 2023.
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