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Government orders councils to close covid emergency hotels

Posted on July 7, 2021 by insidecroydon

Local authorities across England, including Croydon Council, have been ordered by the government that they must close the hotels they used to house the homeless during the covid-19 pandemic, as a condition of the latest round of rough-sleeper funding. Inside … Continue reading →

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Gridley returns from being down and out in Purley and London

Posted on January 10, 2014 by insidecroydon

Jeff Gridley’s week of sleeping rough on some of the coldest – and wettest – nights of the winter has come to an end, with the Croydon dustcart driver saying, “It was pretty tough.” Gridley thinks he has raised more … Continue reading →

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