The money has come via central government's Local Authority Housing Fund
Preston has been handed more than three quarters of a million pounds in government cash to go towards buying homes for Afghan refugees who have settled in the city.
Using the latest tranche of funding, a ninth property must also be bought to provide temporary accommodation for anyone who the council is obliged to house locally, in order to reduce the use of bed and breakfasts. The expectation is that local authorities work with registered housing providers, with the latter purchasing all of LAHF-backed properties, carrying out any necessary refurbishments and then managing them in the long term.
As part of round one of the scheme, the size of the properties that each area was expected to acquire was stipulated – in Preston’s case, six two-bedroomed and two four-bed dwellings.
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