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Shelter response to government plans to 'end rough sleeping for good'

Posted 27 May 2020

Polly Neate, chief executive of Shelter, said: "It’s encouraging that the government is taking homelessness seriously, and any accommodation to support rough sleepers is welcome.

"But this pandemic has highlighted the extent of our housing emergency, from people sleeping on the streets, to families living in grim temporary accommodation, to struggling renters facing mounting debt and rent arrears having lost their jobs due to coronavirus.

"If government truly wants to keep people off the streets during this pandemic, it must give judges the power to ensure no renter is made homeless when the eviction freeze ends in June. And ultimately, we won't solve homelessness without building the new generation of genuinely affordable social homes that this country desperately needs."