SIX new homes are to be bought and renovated to get rough sleepers of a borough's streets.
Burnley Council has approved a £600,000 plan to house at risk homeless people.
Its executive has launched the programme as demand for emergency accommodation rises.
The authority will use a £275,000 grant from the Government’s Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme (RSAP) and provide the other £325,000 itself from its capital programme.
The cash will pay for the acquisition and renovation of six properties to provide accommodation for people who are rough sleeping.
In the past two years Burnley Council has seen a rise in the number of inquiries for housing advice and from households at risk of homelessness needing temporary accommodation.
In response the authority introduced additional services including providing extra temporary and emergency accommodation and establishing the role of an accommodation officer - funded jointly from the council’s own budget and money from the RSAP - to work with those who find themselves living on the street.
Cllr John Harbour, Burnley council’s housing boss, said: “This is the next step in a planned and effective response to the growing number of people who find themselves homeless and sleeping on the street.
“Providing proper homes for some of the most vulnerable people in our society and giving them the support they need to sort out their lives will help break the awful cycle of homelessness and rough sleeping.”
Under the proposals the council will acquire and renovate half a dozen properties over the next two years to provide good quality accommodation for single people and couples who are deemed to have a medium to high need on a non-secure tenancy of up to two years.
During the tenancy a council support worker will meet with the tenants regularly to support them and help them move into sustainable long-term settled accommodation.
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