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Mayors launch £3.7m scheme to help cut homelessness


The scheme will help to address a shortage of low-cost supported accommodation available to people at risk of homelessness by providing homes for social rent


development to prevent homelessness in the city region. The pair teamed up to cut the first sod at


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a new development being delivered by ForHousing in Salford, which could see up to 39 new homes built for people at risk of becoming homeless. The one-bedroom self-contained apartments


will transform three former garage sites in Eccles that were anti-social behaviour hotspots. Planning approval has been secured for the site in Haddon


reater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and Salford City Mayor Paul Dennett have helped launch a new £3.7m housing


Road, where work is under way. Two other sites on Vicars Street and Somerset Road are awaiting approval. Completion of all three sites is scheduled by Summer 2020. The scheme will help to address a shortage of


low-cost supported accommodation available to people at risk of homelessness by providing homes for social rent. More than 5,500 people are homeless across Greater Manchester and more than 1,000 are homeless in Salford. The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy


Burnham, said: “It is a simple fact of life that, when people are settled in one place and their basic needs are being met, they can start to move forward again.


A big part of reducing levels of homelessness is to build more homes for social rent. Greater Manchester is on a journey towards a better understanding of the homelessness crisis and, hopefully, better solutions to it.” The new homes are being built by ForHousing


and will be let at a low cost sub-social rent, inclusive of all associated utility bills and service charges. ForHousing will provide support to each tenant


for two years to link them into employment and training opportunities, and long-term accommodation. The landlord owns and manages more than 24,000 homes across the North West.


£40m modular homes contract to house London’s homeless


A group of London councils have awarded a £40m contract to a Northern Irish company to supply 200 modular homes for temporary accommodation for homeless households in the capital by 2021. Pan-London Accommodation Collaborative


Enterprise (PLACE) is a not-for-profit company launched by London councils last year. It chose Belfast-based Extraspace Solutions to supply the two and three bedroom modular homes at various sites, with the first homes expected to be on site later this year. The first homes will be installed in Ealing,


Lambeth, Redbridge and Tower Hamlets, with 16 boroughs having registered their interest in the scheme. The sites being used must be available for at least five years, but the modular homes can also


be moved between sites if any of them are needed for development. Darren Rodwell, executive member for housing


and planning at London Councils, said: “This is the first time UK local authorities have jointly procured modular housing for this purpose and it shows London government’s determination to create better housing outcomes for homeless families.” Darren Rodwell, executive member for housing


and planning at London Councils, said: “This is the first time UK local authorities have jointly procured modular housing for this purpose and it shows London government’s determination to create better housing outcomes for homeless families.” Eleanor Moloney, lead designer at Extraspace Solutions, added: “Our precision-manufactured


The first homes will be installed in Ealing, Lambeth, Redbridge and Tower Hamlets, with 16 boroughs having registered their interest in the scheme


modular houses will deliver the quality of permanent homes, meeting the London Plan’s space standards, and can be relocated to the site of most need.”


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