FHDC still paying NowMedical for reports after lockdown begun
At the begining of March we brought you the story about – How a doctor who has never seen you can say you’re fit enough to sleep on the streets of Kent. In short [...]
Homelessness
District homeless housed in B&B’s where county line gang members operating from during covid-19 crisis
County line gang members are operating from B&B rooms in the district where Folkestone & Hythe District Council have housed vulnerable homeless people during the [...]
How a doctor who has never seen you can say you’re fit enough to sleep on the streets of Kent
Judges have warned councils against relying on the firm’s advice and overturned decisions determined by its assessments, calling them “irrational” and “tainted” and [...]
Christmas Angels Helping The Homeless
It’s impossible to spend any stretch of time outside at the moment without noticing two things: the rain and the seemingly unstinting rise in rough sleepers across our [...]
Locked Out – Housing benefit freeze is making and keeping people homeless
Families on housing benefit are priced out of almost all homes to rent in districts across Kent, according to new research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, in [...]
Firms make hundreds of thousands out of ‘by the night’ flats for Folkestone & Hythe homeless
Folkestone & Hythe District Council has paid hundreds of thousands of pound between April 2018 and May 2019 to companies who provided them with ” self-contained [...]
Part 2: Why does Folkestone & Hythe District Council encourage profiteering from homelessness?
Folkestone & Hythe District Council are bribing private landlords to house homeless families. Throwing money away doesn’t address the causes of the problem. Landlord [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council encourage profiteering from homelessness
We have been informed by a growing regiment of tenants that landlords have issued them eviction notices but, bewilderingly, they don’t actually want to evict the [...]
Homelessness & Housing
Under the umbrella of the Rainbow Centre working with Churches Together in Folkestone, the Winter Shelter will open its doors to the homeless on Monday December 3rd and will [...]
Good for one’s wellbeing? You can ponder that.
Updated Midday 26/02/18 Running alongside Shepway District Council’s Draft Places & Policies Local Plan Feb 2018 (PPLP), according to SDC’s payment to [...]
SDC’s B&B Costs Rise to £900,000
Shepway District Council’s Bed & Breakfast costs have risen to their highest level ever. In September costs stood at £657,958 and with October’s and [...]