the council outlined £52m in initial savings options amid huge uncertainty over its funding arrangements for 2021, partly due to lost income as a result of the pandemic.
Among them is a £2.8m potential cut to the homelessness budget and £1.5m from housing payments for people struggling to make their rent.Among the suggested homelessness savings is a huge cut from the budget for commissioning temporary accommodation, which the council itself admits would lead to closures of shelter for people with specific vulnerabilities such as mental health problems and addiction.Both charities and councillors believe that would inevitably lead to a rise in the number of people on the streets, as well as even more people living in temporary accommodation.