{"id":16019,"date":"2017-01-27T15:24:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T15:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=16019"},"modified":"2017-01-27T15:24:45","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T15:24:45","slug":"cardiff-council-bid-tackle-street-homelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/01\/27\/cardiff-council-bid-tackle-street-homelessness\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff Council bid to tackle street homelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CARDIFF Council is hoping to tackle the increasing number of street sleepers in the city with a three-year strategy for 2017-2020. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last night\u2019s Cardiff Council meeting was told the Rough Sleepers Strategy aims to prevent and tackle the increasing number of people sleeping on the streets.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Wallich, a Cardiff homeless charity, announced there was a 29% increase in people sleeping rough last year in the city which has the highest rate of rough sleepers in Wales.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Councillor Susan Elsmore, cabinet member for Health, Housing and Wellbeing said: \u201cI acknowledge there are still too many people living on the streets in Cardiff.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15639\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15639\" style=\"width: 337px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-15639\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/12\/File_001-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Layton is a rough sleeper in Cardiff\" width=\"337\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/12\/File_001-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/12\/File_001-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/12\/File_001-770x578.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/12\/File_001-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/12\/File_001-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/12\/File_001-500x375.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/12\/File_001-293x220.jpeg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/12\/File_001-1400x1050.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15639\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/12\/File_001-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Layton is a rough sleeper in Cardiff\" width=\"337\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/12\/File_001-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/12\/File_001-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/12\/File_001-770x578.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/12\/File_001-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/12\/File_001-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/12\/File_001-500x375.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/12\/File_001-293x220.jpeg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/12\/File_001-1400x1050.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/noscript> Layton is a rough sleeper in Cardiff<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The strategy will also try to prevent those sleeping rough from misusing drugs and alcohol.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eleanor <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sanders, councillor for Rhiwbina, said: \u201cWill you join me in acknowledging the outstanding work by all council staff who work tirelessly to help the rough sleepers in the city centre often go way beyond their work obligation.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Coun Elsmore praised the work of council staff, street pastors and the night shelters in providing shelter over the winter. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe will be going into a very cold night tonight, we can all go home fortunately to a warm bed. 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