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>
On 24 June we announced that we are\u202fproviding local authorities with\u202fa further\u202f£105 million\u202fto enable them\u202fto\u202fbest\u202fsupport those placed into emergency accommodation during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u202fThis commitment\u202fwill help\u202fto ensure that as few of these people as possible return to the streets.<\/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>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4877", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Greenhalgh"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-08-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "HL7519"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-08-11T14:00:09.853Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "7"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Housing, Communities and Local Government"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Housing, Communities and Local Government"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-07-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Change of Use: Coronavirus"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they plan to take to bring presently unused office spaces into use to provide housing for those who are unable to find safe places to live during the COVID-19 pandemic.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3596", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Gardner of Parkes"} ], "uin" : "HL7518"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1228276", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1228276/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
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>
On 24 June we announced that we are\u202fproviding local authorities with\u202fa further\u202f£105 million\u202fto enable them\u202fto\u202fbest\u202fsupport those placed into emergency accommodation during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u202fThis commitment\u202fwill help\u202fto ensure that as few of these people as possible return to the streets.<\/p>
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