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There are currently over 700 households living in temporary or emergency accommodation across Cornwall

Services for Watford’s rough sleepers have been given a £1.5 million boost to tackle homelessness.

“It’s a wonderful experience to have somewhere to call home. I haven’t had that for more than six years.” Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Peter lived on

After years living on the streets, the Government’s Next Steps Accommodation Programme has given Peter a new home and hope for the future.

Records show that since 2014, Peterborough City Council has paid Eastfield in excess of £2.6m to house the homeless.   Hundreds of payments of smaller amounts have been paid out by Fenland Council and are listed on the council’s public expenditure charts that are obliged to show all payments over £500.  However, many of these payments are redacted.  The council says the payments were made to organisations/individual contractors for supplies and services during the pandemic.   “Names have been redacted due to General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) because they relate to individua...