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Dec 2020
Harrogate council handed £405,000 to tackle homelessness
Harrogate Borough Council has been allocated £405,000 to tackle homelessness in the district.
The funding is from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's homelessness prevention grant stream.
Grants totalling £310 million have been awarded to local authorities nationally.
The funding can be used to provide temporary accommodation for rough sleepers, to offer financial support for people to find a new home or to prevent evictions.
Kelly Tolhurst, minster for housing and rough sleeping, said the funding would "help councils provide better support to prevent people from becoming homeless in the first place as we look to end rough sleeping once and for all".
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Harrogate homeless shelters
The council has erected temporary emergency homeless units on Tower Street in Harrogate for rough sleepers to use when temperatures drop this winter.
However, despite the recent cold snap they have still yet to be used.
The four units are set to be in place for three months.
A spokesperson for Harrogate Borough Council confirmed today the accommodation has yet to be used.
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