Sheltered housing schemes and disused hostels are to be
converted into accommodation for young homeless people as part of a new £41.5m
scheme to be funded by the Department of Health (DoH). The programme, which is made up of £40m from the DoH and
£1.5m from the CLG, will be split between two projects. Part will go to the
Platform for Life programme, which will award capital funding to housing
associations, councils and private sector developers that bid to convert
unsuitable sheltered housing, commercial premises such as disused hotels, or
family hostels into homelessness accommodation. The second share of the £41.5m
will go to a new round of the Homelessness Change hostel upgrade scheme and will
focus on improving health outcomes. There is no fixed split of the shared
£41.5m fund, so bids will be considered on their individual merits. Allocations
must be spent by March 2016. Read more on Inside Housing.
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