Council chiefs have agreed to take the services that provide homes and temporary accommodation to homeless families back ‘in house’.
Tameside’s executive cabinet voted in favour of plans to break a contract with Jigsaw Homes awarded in 2017 to deliver their housing options service.
Bosses say the change will see better and more ‘holistic’ engagement with homeless families building on the work that has been done by the town hall’s rough sleeper team. READ MORE:Two sisters jailed following gang attack on vulnerable woman Last year the team recorded a ‘zero’ during a rough sleeper count, and has helped more than 200 people into permanent tenancies.
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