London Faces Surge In Rough Sleepers

The mayor of London has warned that funding for the coronavirus emergency programme to house all rough sleepers in hotels will run out in mid-June, and without new government money there could be a surge in homeless people returning to the streets. About 1,400 of the capital’s homeless people are currently staying in hotels at the state’s expense. “Unless we get support from the government, we haven’t got the money to continue literally to pay for the hotels past the middle of June,” Sadiq Khan said. Beyond that point, “I can’t hand on heart tell you how we can fund the work we’re doing,” he added. Read more on the Guardian website.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/26/london-mayor-rough-sleeper-funding-run-out-sadiq-khan-homeless-hotels