AN Indigent Committee has been set up by the Obsid to find solutions for the homeless in Observatory.

The committee is charged with working out how best to spend the R200 000 set aside in the Obsid budget for social development and responsibility.

Plans have yet to be fleshed out, but talks are under way with various local NGOs who work with homeless people.

One of these is Home SPM, a homeless people's support organisation based in Salt River, which is planning to set up a 96-bed night shelter for the homeless.

Home SPM is expected to present plans for cooperation with the Obsid at the next directors' meeting.