Helping tenants to keep their homes – Hull City Council

• Lead Member Hull City Council
• Categories Housing, Poverty

Welfare reform presents significant challenges with Hull being the fourth most deprived local authority and the Council having two-thirds of tenants in receipt of means test support, and responsible for 23,500 properties.  Hull’s approach needed to change in order to prevent homelessness and respond to mental health concerns whilst ensuring that the service remained viable through collection of rents.

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