Extract from Welsh Assembly debate on the draft budget of 2020-21 - Feb 4
Wednesday, 5 February 2020 07:43
Dawn Bowden AM:...Only last week I was asked to speak at an event
celebrating the work of the Housing First project in Merthyr
Tydfil, an innovative scheme being delivered by the Salvation Army
for Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. The type of support
required in Housing First projects is intense and it's expensive.
The project in Merthyr is only able to support four or five people,
despite us knowing that the need is much greater. The project is,
as all such projects are, time-limited...Request free trial
:...Only last week I was asked
to speak at an event celebrating the work of the Housing First
project in Merthyr Tydfil, an innovative scheme being delivered by
the Salvation Army for Merthyr Tydfil County
Borough Council. The type of support required in Housing First
projects is intense and it's expensive. The project in Merthyr is
only able to support four or five people, despite us knowing that
the need is much greater. The project is, as all such projects are,
time-limited and dependent on grant funding. In my view, such vital
housing support, whether Housing First projects, women's refuges or
support for early intervention to prevent homelessness, need to
have certainty of funding and certainty of an annual uplift to keep
pace with the costs of delivering these services...
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