Motion by Councillor Watt - Funding of Temporary Accommodation for Homeless People
Motion by Councillor
Watt - Funding of Temporary Accommodation for Homeless
People
“That
Committee
Notes the ongoing work of the Homelessness Task
Force and the Housing, Homelessness and Fair Work Committee which
has included extending the PSL contract and the ongoing extension
of a private rented framework, both of which seek to further
increase the supply of temporary flats.
Recognises the development of a Rapid
Rehousing Transition Plan (RRTP) for
Edinburgh, which sets out the options for improving prevention of
homelessness and increasing the supply of permanent, affordable
accommodation with the aim of ending the use of temporary
accommodation.
Notes the previously approved decision to invest in
5 properties for home-share.
Calls for a report to be submitted to the Policy
& Sustainability Committee, which lists the current temporary
accommodation that has been contracted for since the CV-19
pandemic: giving the type of accommodation, the number of families
and single people accommodated and the current end date of the
contracts.
The report should set out the work to date on an
exit strategy and transition post lock down to find positive
solutions for people moving on from accommodation provided as a
public health response to the Covid 19
pandemic. This should include an update report on the work to
increase the number of PSL properties available to use as temporary
accommodation.
The report should also make recommendations as to
what types of accommodation could be purchased or leased long-term
(including – but not restricted to – properties that
were previously being used for ‘air bnb’ style short-term lets). It should also
consider work with third sector partners and how contracting could
be used to secure further accommodation so that we are examining
all options to ensure that suitable accommodation is available for
people when their current accommodation ceases to be
available.”