£1 Million Funding Boost For Single Homeless People

Communities Minister Don Foster has announced a cash boost of up to £1 million to support single homeless people. The funding will help them to find a safe and secure roof in privately rented accommodation.  Mr Foster allocated up to £800,000 for homelessness charity Crisis to fund schemes to set up new shared tenancies for single homeless people in privately rented accommodation.  The minister also announced a further £230,000 for the charity to continue its Private Rented Sector Access Programme, which works with local landlords to help vulnerable people find the homes they need in privately rented accommodation.  Read more on the Gov.uk website.