Around 200 people contact Bedford Borough Council for homelessness assistance every month, a meeting heard. A report to the Environment and Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny...
A former rough sleeper has told Bedford Borough Council she is concerned over plans for sleeping pods for rough sleepers at Wednesday’s Housing Committee Meeting earlier this week...
Bedford Borough Council is investigating the use of “sleeping pods” to provide immediate access shelter for people who would otherwise be sleeping rough, a meeting heard...
Bedford Borough Council has been working with another council to try to minimise the risk of people being forcibly evicted from properties across the borough, a meeting heard.
During Wednesday’s Housing...
Bedford Borough Council paid compensation to a victim of domestic abuse after they were “unlawfully left homeless”, a meeting heard. A question about the case from John Allen (described as a member...
Bedford Borough councillors have voted unanimously in support of a motion calling on the government to give local authorities powers to support residents in taking...
The Conservative MP for North East Bedfordshire, Richard Fuller, has met with the housing minister to speak up for the thousands of people across Bedfordshire...
There are nearly 500 children in temporary accommodation including eight staying in hotels, a senior Bedford Borough Council officer has said. The council’s chief officer...
Bedford Borough Council is providing a safety net for the homeless because of a “failing” government policy, a senior councillor... has said. A report to the Budget and...
Developers building in Bedford borough may have their viability appraisals reassessed to retrospectively provide funding for the affordable housing they said they couldn’t afford, if the new Local Plan is adopted...
The British fixation on the weather and house prices are without equal and right now both are hot. The imbalance of available property to sell and consumer demand continues to drive...
A quiet Bedford street has been ‘devastated’ by people ‘dumped’ in temporary housing by the council and ‘left to their own devices’, a ward councillor has claimed. The borough council...