Wirral aims to make "sleeping rough a thing of the past"
The authority's 'annual snapshot' for 2020, conducted in November, report the figure of zero rough sleepers. In 2019's snapshot, there were six rough sleepers in Wirral and in 2018 there were 16. The council said that changes to its Housing Options service, plus government support during the pandemic, have helped to achieve this welcome result. One change was the introduction of a ‘triage’ system, where the council worked with housing providers to make sure everyone who needed it was placed in the right accommodation. Hostels, supported housing, private and social rented homes,...