Nottingham City Council are seeing applications from
local people who say they've been made homeless rising at a rapid rate. At the
moment the authority is looking after 600 families and individuals in temporary
accommodation, including hostels, leased houses and B&Bs. During lockdown,
eviction notice periods were extended to six months as an emergency measure by
the Government. Now the period is four months – and from October it will
be two months. The Labour-run authority is already forecast to
exceed the £890,000 budget it set to deal with homelessness. Read more on the
planet radio website.
https://planetradio.co.uk/gem-106/local/news/nottingham-facing-homeless-crisis-hundreds-need-beds/
