The Guardian: Hundreds of rough sleepers in Manchester to be offered homes

21st November 2017

The Greater Manchester Homes Partnership – supported by the Bridges Social Impact Bond Fund and championed by mayor Andy Burnham – is a pioneering public-private sector collaboration to tackle rough sleeping across Greater Manchester. The £1.8m outcomes contract represents the largest Government commitment to any homelessness programme outside London. Read the Guardian’s take on it […]

The Greater Manchester Homes Partnership – supported by the Bridges Social Impact Bond Fund and championed by mayor Andy Burnham – is a pioneering public-private sector collaboration to tackle rough sleeping across Greater Manchester. The £1.8m outcomes contract represents the largest Government commitment to any homelessness programme outside London.

Read the Guardian’s take on it here.

 

 

 

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