South Glos is consulting on proposals to change how they charge for Extracare Housing services, in order to cut £200k from the budget.

Extracare Housing is housing designed with the needs of frailer, older people in mind and offers different levels of care and support on site. Currently, service users are charged using a series of charging bands as opposed to an hourly rate, as used for services in the community. There are only 3 bands, which no longer reflect the actual service provided, so they are proposing to increase the number of bands to 7.

The council will be holding drop-in surgeries in each of the five Extracare schemes, including one from 10am to 12 noon and 4.30pm-6.30pm on Thursday 18th February in Cambrian Green Court, Yate. You can also find out more and have your say at:

https://consultations.southglos.gov.uk/consult.ti/Extracarehousing/consultationHome

The deadline for comments is 30th March.

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