£7.2 million refugee homes plan agreed by Shropshire Council
Plans to spend £7.2 million on homes for Shropshire’s homeless refugees have been unanimously backed by councillors.
The project, which will see Shropshire Council purchase up to 30 properties for Ukrainian and Afghan families, was welcomed by members at a meeting of the full council.
It has been made possible thanks to a £3.2 million grant from the Government’s Local Authority Housing Fund.
The money will be match funded by the council through £3.2m of borrowing, with an additional £750,000 added to the pot from ‘section 106’ funds collected from developers.
The council hopes to move quickly to secure the properties, as any grant unspent by November will have to be returned.
