PUBLISHED : 4 Oct 2023 at 04:00
The Department of Social Development and Welfare is pushing housing subsidies for homeless people as fewer than 100 people have registered for the scheme over the past year, according to Minister of Social Development and Human Security Varawut Silpa-archa.
The scheme covers half of their apartment rent, he said yesterday. The subsidy is a joint project by the department and the Thai Health Promotion Foundation. The department also provides training for homeless people and helps them to find work.
The main condition for registering is that the applicant must be homeless, and the rental cost of the apartment must fall in the range of 2,000-3,000 baht a month.
Mr Varawut said the apartment can be a…
