Bridgend council has been forced to re-house 39 homeless residents this month, after a breakdown in contractual negotiations with two local hotels where they were staying. The local authority arranged the accommodation over the last two years to ensure that homeless people could access safe and secure accommodation in the area during the pandemic.
While this hotel accommodation was only meant to be a temporary measure, council bosses were expecting to extend the contract for the near future. However, they say negotiations with the two un-named hotels fell through last week, leaving them with less than five days to find alternative accommodation for the 39 individuals as a result.
The council is now in the process of advising the residents about the arrangements for accessing their new accommodation, with Councillor Rhys Goode, the cabinet member for wellbeing and future generations, praising the efforts of all workers from the teams involved.
