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Bristol City Council plans to end use of hotels as emergency accommodation for families

It is one of the measures being taken by the new administration to tackle the housing crisis.

Bristol City Council plans to end the use of hotels as emergency housing for homeless families in the city. The new administration is recruiting a Temporary Accommodation Manager to implement the changes.

Due to the shortage of emergency accommodation and the increasing number of families pushed out of the private rental sector over rent increases, a growing number of families are being housed in hotels. Hotels alongside other forms of private sector temporary housing come at a high price to the council and families, with many having to wait several years before they are permanently housed.

At the moment, the city council has around 1,300 households in temporary accommodation and is spending around a million pounds a year putting up individuals, couples and families in hotels , while paying out even more to private companies who provide emergency and temporary housing across the city.

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The new measures will see an end an end to shared accommodation used for families, alongside hotels. The role of the Temporary Housing Manager will also be to work with housing officers in looking at ways to reduce the time people spend in temporary housing and reduce the costs in part by using council homes instead.

Some families will be moved to council houses instead, which are set to be used as temporary housing The plan is to use up to 18 council homes a month as temporary accommodation for the next two years.

It will be the role of the Temporary Accommodation Manager to lead the Bristol City Council housing team in implementing these changes. The new member of staff will also be required to support those in temporary housing to move on and keep councillors and communities ‘well informed on key issues’.

Alongside moving people out of temporary accommodation ‘in a timely manner’, the new council employee, who will be paid between £48,474 and £51,515 per year, is required to ‘model and promote good equalities practice’ within the council’s housing service.

The closing date for the job advertisement is September 11. More information about the new role can be found on the Bristol City Council website.

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