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May 2021
Harrogate council awarded £204,000 to reduce rough sleeping
Harrogate Borough Council has been awarded £204,269 by the government to help people living on the streets find accommodation.
The funding is part of the £203m Rough Sleeping Initiative allocated to councils by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
A Harrogate Borough Council spokesperson said the funds will be spent on providing short-term support for rough sleepers, including accommodation and support worker staffing.
According to the government, the Rough Sleeping Initiative, which was launched in 2018, has reduced rough sleeping by almost a third compared to areas that have not taken part in the programme.
Eddie Hughes, the minister for rough sleeping, said:
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Harrogate and homelessness
Last month, the council opened a new 19-bed homeless centre in Starbeck called Fern House. The site, on Spa Lane, cost £2.3 million to build and provides accommodation as well as support for homeless people.
The council erected temporary winter accommodation units for homeless people on Tower Street last winter. The units were removed in March without being used.
The Stray Ferret revealed in March that the council spent more than £350,000 on bed and breakfast accommodation for homeless people from the start of the first lockdown until the end of last year.
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