Vulnerable people face a “new wave of homelessness” after the evictions ban ends in a week’s time, cross-party MPs have warned.
Twenty-one MPs have written to rough sleeping minister Luke Hall to demand more help for the homeless when the change comes in from August 23.
The Lib Dem and Labour MPs, plus the DUP’s Jim Shannon, demand the government guarantees funding for “at least a year” to any council that needs support to keep rough sleepers sheltered.
They also repeat Crisis’ call for an urgent law to give any homeless person the right to emergency accommodation in the next 12 months, and suspend restrictions on migrants accessing Universal Credit.
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