Leeds: Homelessness charity says a government grant needs doubling in order to help homelessness rates in the city

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A government grant aimed at helping people sleeping rough needs “doubling” to make a real difference, according to the director of a Leeds homelessness charity.

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00:00according to the director of a leeds homelessness charity a government grant aimed at helping people

00:06sleeping rough needs doubling to make a real difference despite the extra funding becky joyce

00:12co-founder at homeless street angels said the support will not go far enough to address the

00:19scale of homelessness in the city there are more and more people coming onto the streets with the

00:25numbers having tripled since last year she said the charity tracks growing demand for help with

00:31mental health food and dental care joyce added there are still not enough properties to people

00:38half the funding needs to go towards providing enough properties to accommodate those rough

00:43sleeping and half needs to go towards helping them rebuild their lives she said further investment

00:49was needed for aftercare support particularly for those recently housed or released from prison

00:55there is not enough support to combat everything needed to keep them off the streets she said

01:00she added i just think they need to consider the full picture everything needs readdressing

01:07a leeds city council report said the grant would focus on areas with heightened public health and

01:12safety concerns including the city center and south leeds where visible drug use and drug

01:19related activity have escalated a government spokesperson added through our renters rights act we are

01:25accelerating efforts to tackle the root cause of homelessness by abolishing section 21 no-fault evictions

01:33they added we're also investing 2.9 million pound in homelessness services in leeds including the 1.2

01:41million pound uplift announced last month

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