Council to Homeless Persons has welcomed new funding to expand a practical and effective homelessness program that prevents evictions from social housing.
“The Social Housing Advocacy Support Program (SHASP) has been critical to preventing vulnerable public housing tenants from being exited into homelessness,” said Jenny Smith CHP CEO.
“The best way to end homelessness is to stop it from happening in the first place. We can turn off the tap of homelessness by focussing on preventative programs like tenancy support.
“Too often vulnerable people with mental health problems or disability are housed in public or community housing without the support they need to sustain their tenancy. Without this help some tenancies break down, pushing people back into homelessness.”
The newly named Tenancy Plus now has additional resources to provide support to community housing tenants, as well as public housing tenants, to assist them to sustain their tenancies, and to prevent people cycling back into homelessness.
The government has also announced the construction of new temporary housing and support in Preston for homeless people. These new housing units will provide a welcome increase in the interim options available to people in housing crisis.