Homeless Medway families have moved into a converted office block originally intended exclusively for needy Londoners. Medway Council has taken over a floor of the 11-storey Anchorage House in Chatham High Street in a bid to ease the alarming increase in the number of people needing temporary accommodation. Cllr Naushabah Khan (Lab), portfolio holder for housing, said the authority had negotiated a discount deal with the landlord for nine of the 81 self-contained flats. Controversy was sparked when it was announced that the entire building would be rented out by Newham Council in east London t…
