Extra funding has been issued to councils to fund “up to
6,000 new bed spaces and 2,500 support staff across the country”, the
government has announced. Unveiled by Robert Jenrick, the funding “could mean a
roof over their head, access to specialist mental health or addiction services,
or advice on how to secure a home in the long term.” But in a subtle bit of
phrasing, the government seemed to suggest the rise in rough sleeping was
largely down to “a large increase in the number of non-UK rough sleepers coming
to the UK.” Read more on 24housing.
https://www.24housing.co.uk/news/government-pledges-extra-112m-to-rough-sleeping-programme/
‘Immigration limbo’ left Bikram Lama homeless before he died in Hyde park.
Calls are growing for change
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Alliance of 48 councils across Australia issue damning statement calling
for more support for people in ‘immigration limbo’, joining growing chorus
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