Homeless Wandsworth Families to Be Housed As Far Away As Birmingham

As part of the borough’s homelessness battle the council has arranged 62 properties for private licence agreements, 19 of which are out of the borough. The areas include Kingston, Sutton, Reigate and Banstead, Merton, Croydon, Lambeth, Birmingham, Portsmouth City, Leicester, West Bromwich and High Wycombe. Last year, the council’s £5m project of buying properties for its homeless in less expensive areas of outer London was revealed. Now it has emerged that £1.25m emergency funding has been agreed to help with ongoing pressures and a second £5m fund will be used this year to buy large units of temporary accommodation inside and outside the borough. Read more on the Wandsworth Guardian website.