£5.5m pledged to house every rough sleeper in West Midlands this Christmas

West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker has committed to seeing every person sleeping rough in the region offered a roof over their head this Christmas, backed by more than £5.5m secured from government.

The funding, handed to the region's seven local councils as part of a national drive by the Prime Minister to end rough sleeping, will provide accommodation and wraparound support to anyone sleeping on the street who wants it.

The most recent annual snapshot found 158 people sleeping rough ... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...