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<p>Almost 15,000 vulnerable people have been housed in emergency accommodation, including
hotels, since the start of the COVID-19 emergency. This includes people coming in
directly from the streets, people previously housed in shared night shelters and people
who have become vulnerable to rough sleeping during the pandemic.</p><p>On 24 June
we announced that we are providing local authorities with a further £105 million to
enable them to best support those placed into emergency accommodation during the COVID-19
pandemic. This commitment will help to ensure that as few of these people as possible
return to the streets.</p><p>We also recently announced that £160 million of Rough
Sleeping Accommodation Programme funding will help ensure that 6,000 new housing units
are put into the system, with 3,300 of these becoming available within 2020/21. We
expect local authorities and registered providers to bring forward units of accommodation
from a variety of sources and this could potentially include repurposing other buildings
where appropriate.</p>
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