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The Mancunian Way: Less and less tolerable
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On New Year’s Eve, there were more than 3,000 homeless families living in temporary accommodation in Manchester. Dozens had been there well over the legal limit of six weeks.
So when Manchester Council promised to make sure no families would be living in B&Bs over the six-week cut-off point by the end of this month, it seemed like a tall order.
But it now looks like the council will meet that ambitious target after a policy change which is seeing more people getting help before they become homeless. There are currently just eight families who have been living in this kind of housing for more than six weeks.
It’s a change that will be of particular interest to parents like Kim - who had lived in seven different properties with neighbours including an alcoholic and a sex offender when she spoke to reporter Sophie Halle-Richards last winter.
At the time, Kim described conditions she and her two young sons experienced at one B&B in south Manchester. "You couldn't walk anywhere in the building and not see a rat. I kept all my clothes in bags in the wardrobes and you could hear them going for them every night," she said.
Six months later, Manchester Council has published new figures which show a drop in homelessness of all types.
Deputy council leader Joanna Midgley says the figures are encouraging but not a cause for ‘jubilation’.
"We are clear that the number of people who are homeless is still too high,” she told local democracy reporter Joseph Timan. “The challenges of the
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manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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Edinburgh-Winning Scottish Romance ‘The Road Dance’ Snapped Up for the U.S. by Music Box Films
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manchestereveningnews.co.uk
30.06.2023 / 15:45
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30.06.2023 / 14:01
Music Box Takes U.S. Rights To Edinburgh Film Festival Winner ‘The Road Dance’ Starring Hermione Corfield
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manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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manchestereveningnews.co.uk
29.06.2023 / 12:59
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23.06.2023 / 15:57
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manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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17.06.2023 / 16:11
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manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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