Funding to house rough sleepers and vulnerable hailed by MP

CONSERVATIVE MP for Southport Damien Moore has welcomed the news that the Government is providing funding for the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority for new, long-term homes for rough sleepers and other vulnerable people in Southport and across Merseyside.

In total, projects across England will receive more than £150m to deliver more than 3,300 such secure homes by the end of March 2021, providing long-term accommodation to vulnerable people to keep them safe from coronavirus and rebuild their lives.

Liverpool City Region will receive £5,960,937 for local schemes that provide secure ‘move-on’ style accommodation for people at risk of sleeping on the streets.

This is claimed to be an important step towards achieving the Conservative Party’s manifesto commitment to end rough sleeping by 2024, alongside investment in new homes for social rent.

This is part of the Government’s investment of £433m to deliver 6,000 new homes for rough sleepers by the end of this Parliament and builds on the ‘Everyone In’ campaign launched at the start of the pandemic.

Southport MP Damien Moore said: “This Conservative Government, working closely with local authorities, has shown throughout the pandemic that it is willing to take the swift, decisive action necessary to keep some of the most vulnerable people in our community safe. On behalf of everyone I’d like to thank all those involved for everything they’ve done to get people off our streets and into secure, safe accommodation.”

“The ‘Everyone In’ campaign has protected thousands of lives. If we are to deliver on the promise we made in our manifesto to end rough sleeping by the end of the Parliament, then the people who have been helped need to be able to access long-term housing that gives them the safety and security they need to rebuild their lives, which is exactly what the funding announced today will do.”