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Last year 688 people died while experiencing homelessness in England and Wales, 90 fewer than 2019. The pandemic could mask the true figure, experts say

Early last year, the government's 'Everyone In' scheme saw thousands of homeless people given emergency shelter and housing as the coronavirus pandemic hit. In Norwich, everyone homeless person who consented to being put in accommodation was moved in the space of 48 hours by the city council and its Pathways partners, described as "just incredible" by St Martins chief executive Dr Jan Sheldon. The MoH said its findings showed that, nationally, less than 3pc of recorded causes of death were directly attributed to coronavirus, which it described as a "significant achievement" of the scheme. But...

Deaths among homeless people spiked by more than a third in 2020, research shows Samuel Lovett © Provided by The Independent Deaths among homeless people in the UK spiked by more than a third in 2020, new research has shown, as campaigners called on the government to increase its investment into council housing and local support services. The Museum of Homelessness (MoH) recorded 976 deaths across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland last year – a 37 per cent increase in the number of fatalities reported in 2019. The figures, gathered through more than 300 Freedo...

by Bethany Rielly THE government’s Everyone In scheme failed to prevent a “staggering increase” in homeless deaths last year, campaigners said today, after figures revealed the death toll jumped by more than a third in 2020.  Campaign group Museum of Homelessness (MoH) recorded 976 deaths among homeless people across Britain last year, a 37 per cent increase on 2019.  The high rates come despite the government’s Everyone In scheme whereby thousands of rough sleepers were put up in repurposed hotels during the first wave of the pandemic. MoH said that that while the scheme succ...