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.
