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<p>By September our ongoing ‘Everyone In’ campaign had supported over 29,000 vulnerable
people, with over 10,000 in emergency accommodation and nearly 19,000 provided with
settled accommodation or move on support. Launched in the summer, the Government’s
Next Steps Accommodation Programme makes available the financial resources needed
to support local authorities and their partners to prevent those accommodated during
the pandemic from returning to the streets. We announced allocations of £91.5 million
to local authorities on 17 September to pay for immediate support to ensure that as
many people as possible do not return to the streets. On 29 October, we announced
allocations of more than £150 million to local partners to deliver more than 3,300
new long-term homes for rough sleepers across the country.</p><p>Backed by a further
£15 million, the ‘Protect Programme’ forms part of the ongoing targeted support to
protect some of the most vulnerable people in our communities from COVID-19. This
is on top of the previously announced £10 million Cold Weather Fund for all councils
to help keep rough sleepers safe this winter. This takes the total we are spending
to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in 2020/21 to over £700 million.</p>
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