£105m to support rough sleepers to stay off the streets

ben bradley

We've announced an additional £105m (on top of the existing £112m extra) to support rough sleepers to stay off the streets.

At the beginning of the COVID crisis Councils were funded to house 15,000 rough sleepers and keep them safe. We now need to take this opportunity, with so many more having been housed, to keep them housed!

This additional funding comes alongside a plan to build an extra 3,300 long term homes for rough sleepers and an extra £16m for addiction support services.

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