Care home site to become homeless accommodation
A disused Sheffield care home will be demolished in order to build emergency accommodation for homeless people.It will be demolished and a new £6.7m accommodation block will be built consisting of 25 units, along with office space.
The current building on Streetfields was leased by charity SheffCare, however it has recently seen anti-social behaviour and vandalism. A report ahead of Wednesday's meeting said the demand for temporary accommodation had increased significantly since 2018,On 30 June 2022, there were 260 households in local authority or housing association places, plus 123 households in bed and breakfasts or hotels.
Councillor Shaffaq Mohammed asked Mr Reader if the site was looked at to move Halfway Nursery Infant School from its current "polluted area" near the tram depot, to Knowle Hill, which is next to Halfway Junior School.
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