Podcast: How did Greenwich get its homeless out of B&Bs?

Earlier this 12 months, Greenwich Council introduced that it had achieved an enormous discount within the variety of homeless individuals it was liable for being quickly accommodated in mattress and breakfast inns, saving some huge cash within the course of.

The price of short-term lodging has develop into an enormous drain on the already strained assets of many London boroughs, as I’ve reported in depth. So how did Greenwich alleviate that strain?

Council chief Anthony Okereke (photos) and Shaun Flook, Greenwich’s assistant director, housing wants and tenancy, defined to Leanne Tritton and the way they received the entire related City Corridor departments working collectively to determine properties obtainable, set up entitlements to them and customarily do no matter they may to search out them someplace higher.

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