Operation and Management of Family Homeless Hub in Navan, Co.Meath

Description

Operation of Family Hub (Family Temporary Supported Accommodation Facility) in Navan, Co.Meath. Meath County Council is committed to providing suitable accommodation to families with children who have lost their tenancy in the private rental sector. Family hubs are an important first response for families who become homeless and who have no alternative other than Emergency Accommodation. The hub will provide more appropriate and suitable transitional accommodation for a number of families. The hub is not a long term housing solution and the placed families will move into housing and apartment units that will be provided under social housing supports, with the aim of the placed families progressing as soon as possible from the family hub to private rented accommodation via Housing Assistance Payment scheme. This type of emergency accommodation provides a secure and stable placement for families as an interim measure.