More than £1m could be spent to help house ex-offenders across Liverpool City Region.
A bid had been made by the region’s combined authority for funding to support former prisoners secure accommodation across Merseyside at the end of their sentence. Subject to confirmation from the government, the authority is seeking to approve £1.04m being spent to supplement the accommodation for ex-offenders fund.
According to a report released ahead of the Combined Authority meeting at Mann Island next week, in 2021 funding was secured from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to help support people leaving custody into private rented sector accommodation. The Combined Authority commissioned homelessness charity Crisis to deliver support for ex-offenders leaving prison across Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral, with a directly employed Housing Officer operating across Halton and Knowsley.
