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Wiltshire Council will be investing more into helping people who are homelessness and have been rough sleeping into stable, long term accommodation after being successful in bidding for £1m government funding.

Locals to open their homes during county-wide Green Open Homes week 9 - 17 March 2024.

Wiltshire Council has worked with contractor, Redcliffe Homes and employer's agent, Ridge and Partners, to build three affordable rent and nine shared ownership homes on a section 106 site at Rowden Brook, Chippenham

Wiltshire Council has renewed its housing partnership with the charity Alabaré, to give people in Wiltshire who find themselves homeless, support and accommodation.

As clocks go forward this weekend Wiltshire Council will be launching a new drive to encourage more people to spring into action and foster with Wiltshire Council.

A new service that will provide a stepping-stone for rough sleepers needing support to move into more permanent accommodation has opened in Trowbridge.

Wiltshire Council needs an additional 30 foster carers this year to help provide homes for young people

Wiltshire Council has been awarded £547,825 from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) to continue its rough sleeper prevention work, which has seen the rehousing of 130 rough sleepers in the county over the past 12 months.

Wiltshire Council has successfully prosecuted a landlord in Salisbury for three offences related to running an unlicensed House in Multiple Occupation (HMO).

To find out more about fostering with Wiltshire Council you can talk to the friendly team behind the scenes and hear from foster carers by joining a series of online events.