Perth, WA starts Hotels with Heart pilot to help homeless during COVID-19 pandemic
Perth, WA COVID-19 Homeless Hotels with Heart
City officials arranged up to 20 rooms at the Pan Pacific Hotel for homeless residents at risk of contracting COVID-19. This program differed from existing accommodations by offering on-site health and social services. Hotels with Heart had the potential to help 120 residents if the pilot proved succesful. Perth also hoped for expansion beyond the homeless population to domestic abuse victims.
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About 20 homeless people will be housed in Perth's Pan Pacific hotel under a trial program aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19.
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A program to house homeless individuals in Perth hotels is abandoned after more than half the 20 people who were given accommodation at the start of the scheme chose to leave early.
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The pilot ended after most of the hotel's early occupants decided to leave after short-term stays.
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