A housing service for young people in Hull has helped prevent many from becoming homeless and reduced the number in bed and breakfast accommodation.
The Young People's Housing Hub Service, set up in 1999, features a multi-disciplinary team that offers intensive support to young people with housing problems, as well as general help and advice.
The service, which is run by Hull City Council, caters for care leavers and other young people aged 16 and over with housing needs.
"For a long time we had an over-reliance on B&B accommodation because other provision was full," says Andy McCabe, the council's accommodation services manager.
The new service led to better planning and co-ordination of vacancies, working with housing providers, and those that help to prevent young people becoming homeless in the first place.
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