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All families in temporary accommodation are visited regularly and
encouraged to discuss any problems with the social worker. In addition to
helping with immediate problems the social worker attempts to identify
and then eradicate the factors which caused homelessness.
Liaison with the Rent Arrears Sub-Committee of the Housing
Committee is still maintained and of the 32 cases referred 19 cleared their
arrears with the help and advice of the social worker, 5 showed some
improvement in managing their financial and domestic affairs, 3 moved
out of the Borough and 5 unfortunately showed no progress towards
recovery from their difficulties.
Accommodation
Towards the end of the year it was decided to arrange temporary
accommodation so that husbands could be admitted with their families.
With this in mind a scheme was initiated to obtain additional accommodation
and it is hoped to include husbands in 1968.
Table I gives details of the 69 applications for temporary accommodation
received during the year, whilst Table II shows details of the
causation and solutions for the individual families' problems.