As Cabinet Member for Homes and Communities, I've asked if we can shine a light on housing issues locally this week and so will share the series of posts as they go out.
Each day, there will be a focus on a different aspect of the issue, the steps being taking to help people and the work being doing to address the causes.
Clearly the most visible form of homelessness, the thing that most people conjure in their minds when they think of the issue, is rough sleeping.
Rough sleeping is a very complex issue and while just one person sleeping rough is one person too many, it actually accounts for a small minority of people classed as homeless.
Our first blog is about all of the work we do to support people who for one reason or another, find themselves on the streets here.
