Mario Creatura, Parliamentary Candidate for Croydon Central, has welcomed today’s further commitment from the Conservative Government to help rough sleepers off the street for good. Communities Secretary James Brokenshire has committed £468,504 to help Croydon Council support rough sleepers into safe and stable accommodation where they can rebuild their lives, part of a total investment figure of £46 million.
The funding will help Croydon Council provide vulnerable people across Croydon Central with the specialist support they need. The money will be used to help rough sleepers into accommodation, increasing existing accommodation and providing new temporary accommodation, including night shelters and hostel spaces.
Local Authorities across the country will also be able to use this funding for additional staff to provide vulnerable rough sleepers with the advice and specialist support they need to get them off the streets.
This additional funding for Croydon Council forms part of the Conservative Government’s £100 million plan to end rough sleeping by 2027. Progress is already being made with the first fall in rough sleeping since 2010, and schemes like this will help us achieve our ambition of being a country in which no-one needs to spend a night on the streets.
Communities Secretary, Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP said:
“No one should ever have to face a night on the streets, and as Conservatives we are committed to ending rough sleeping for good.
“We are taking the necessary steps to make that happen, already providing 1,750 additional beds and 500 more support staff for the most vulnerable people in our society.
“But we must keep up the momentum and that’s why we are giving this funding to areas and projects that need it, ensuring progress continues to be made and people are given the help they need to turn their lives around.”
Commenting, Mario said:
“The Conservative Party is focused on providing the right support to those who have fallen on hard times, and it’s great to see the Government committing to more support vulnerable people in Croydon off the streets and back on their feet.
“This funding will do just that, providing local authorities with the funding they need to provide the right support so that rough sleepers across Croydon can have a roof over the head.”
- Cutting the number of rough sleepers by 19 per cent in areas using our Rough Sleeping Initiative. The programme is working in the 83 areas of the country with the highest levels of rough sleepers to respond to the health needs of people who sleep rough and provide services in place quickly to get people off the streets before the winter period.
- The number of counted or estimated rough sleepers in England has fallen by 2 per cent since 2017. This was down by 74 people or 2 per cent from the 2017 total of 4,751.
- We are launching 11 rough sleeping hubs across England to provide specialist support for thousands of vulnerable people. 11 rough sleeping hubs to be launched across England – providing specialist support for thousands of vulnerable people with locations including Bristol, Derby and West London.
- Housing charity Shelter has warned Labour’s housing policy could push people into homelessness. Labour’s rent control policy ‘risks pushing people into homelessness’.
