‘Extra £82m a year needed to end rough sleeping’
July 28, 2021
LONDON: The government must continue its flagship Everyone In scheme into the long term if it is to meet its manifesto pledge to end rough sleeping within the next three years, a report has said.
The Kerslake Commission on Homelessness and Rough Sleeping is calling for the government to maintain the additional funding it made available during the coronavirus pandemic — an estimated extra £82 million a year.
Without continuing the scheme’s principles and funding there could be a post-pandemic surge of people sleeping rough, warned the independent panel, chaired by former head of the civil service Lord Bob Kerslake.