{"id":19042,"date":"2017-03-14T17:04:09","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T17:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=19042"},"modified":"2017-03-14T17:04:09","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T17:04:09","slug":"councils-new-strategy-reduce-levels-homelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/03\/14\/councils-new-strategy-reduce-levels-homelessness\/","title":{"rendered":"Council\u2019s new strategy to reduce levels of homelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A PLAN to reduce levels of homelessness in Cardiff and offer more support to rough sleepers will be discussed by the council.<\/span><br \/>\nCardiff Council\u2019s Rough Sleeper Strategy 2017-2020 is to be discussed and amended, along with the help of charities and services in an attempt to provide the correct support for rough sleepers.<br \/>\nCoun Susan Elsmore, Cabinet Member for Health, Housing and Wellbeing said that people who sleep rough often have complex lives and that the strategy aims to address those issues.<br \/>\nShe said: \u201cThis new strategy seeks to ensure we are providing the right advice, support and assistance to ultimately end rough sleeping in the city.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSleeping rough has a devastating effect on people\u2019s health and wellbeing. The average life expectancy of a rough sleeper is 47 years old.<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cThe longer someone stays on the streets, the more likely they are to be involved in secondary issues like begging or substance misuse.\u201d<br \/>\nHowever, many charities have expressed concerns with the strategy, suggesting that the document is in need of some alterations.<br \/>\nPage eight of the strategy refers to a number of studies which explain why homelessness occurs and some of the most common situations that can make someone homeless.<br \/>\nOne study carried out by Dr Peter Mackie of Cardiff University divides the reasons for homelessness into two categories &#8211; push and pull.<br \/>\nThe push include reasons such as unemployment, a transient lifestyle and relationship breakdowns.<br \/>\nKnowing someone in the area, wanting a fresh start, and a belief that coming to the city would offer more services are all examples of pull reasons.<br \/>\nHowever, charities such as the Salvation Army felt the research was mostly focused on the reasons for homelessness, rather than how charities could use the data to help reduce the numbers of those sleeping rough.<br \/>\nThe annual rough sleeper count shows that figures for Cardiff rose from 26 in 2014 to 53 in 2016. It was reported that 68 people were rough sleeping in August 2016 &#8211; the highest figure ever recorded in the city.<br \/>\nThe Council\u2019s Outreach Team will be expanded to provide a case management approach for individuals sleeping rough.The hours will be extended to late nights and weekends.<br \/>\nPeople who have been sleeping rough for three months will automatically be referred to the multi-agency Vulnerable Persons Intervention Pathway, and a specialist pathway will be developed for individuals with mental health or substance abuse issues.<br \/>\nThe strategy also explains how the public are often unaware of the difference between a rough sleeper and a beggar.<br \/>\nIt states that \u201cnot all those begging are rough sleepers. Many use this as their regular income source and are suitably accommodated, whilst a small proportion are linked to organised crime.\u201d<br \/>\nHowever, charity Huggard stated that there needed to be more focus on how the council intends to divert people away from begging, rather than just explaining why people resort to begging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A PLAN to reduce levels of homelessness in Cardiff and offer more support to rough sleepers will be discussed by the council. Cardiff Council\u2019s Rough Sleeper Strategy 2017-2020 is to be discussed and amended, along with the help of charities and services in an attempt to provide the correct support for rough sleepers. Coun Susan Elsmore, Cabinet Member for Health, Housing and Wellbeing said that people who sleep rough often have complex lives and that the strategy aims to address [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":19051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,3,5],"tags":[1291,52,1444,4335,4810,44],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-19042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cathays","category-news","category-where-you-live","tag-cardiff-2","tag-cardiff-council","tag-homelessness-in-wales","tag-rough-sleeping","tag-strategy","tag-the-cardiffian"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Council\u2019s new strategy to reduce levels of homelessness - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/03\/14\/councils-new-strategy-reduce-levels-homelessness\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Council\u2019s new strategy to reduce levels of homelessness - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A PLAN to reduce levels of homelessness in Cardiff and offer more support to rough sleepers will be discussed by the council. 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