Extra accommodation for rough sleepers to be created in South Lakeland
18/12/2020
Extra bed spaces for rough sleepers or people at risk of rough sleeping are to be created in South Lakeland thanks to a successful £388,987 funding bid to government.
South Lakeland District Council’s Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme will create an additional 12 move-on bed spaces, including four complex needs spaces.
These will be hosted by Home Group, utilising their housing stock around the district.
The grant, to be used over the next three years, came from the MHCLG’s Next Steps Accommodation Programme announced in August.
It will assist the council in meeting its priorities set out in the Homeless and Rough Sleeping Strategy for South Lakeland for which there are four key priorities:
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