Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has set out plans for a £50m fund to help homeless people by delivering properties earmarked for people needing to move on from hostels and refuges.
The move-on accommodation will help homeless people who are ready to move into a home of their own after spending time being supported in hostels and refuges.
The funding is available to housing providers as part of the mayor’s £3.2bn Affordable Homes Programme, which was agreed with the government in November’s Autumn Statement.
Khan has also allocated funding for a specialist service, the Female Hidden Homeless Project, run by the Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.
Khan said: “Rising levels of homelessness and rough sleeping in London are beyond shameful in one of the richest cities in the world and it is a sad fact that for years some of London’s most vulnerable people have been let down and ignored.”
The accommodation funded by the mayor will run on two-year tenancies for homeless people ready for independent living.
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