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  1. COVID-19 prevalence amongst people experiencing homelessness in Wales, UK, now lower than in general population

    COVID-19 prevalence amongst people experiencing homelessness in Wales, UK, now lower than in general population

    December 8, 2021

    A population level study of SARS-CoV-2 prevalence amongst people experiencing homelessness in Wales, UK Ian Thomas and Peter Mackie, Cardiff University (International Journal of Population Data Science, 2/12/21) Introduction Prior research into the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection amongst people experiencing homelessness (PEH) largely relates to people in communal forms of temporary accommodation in contexts where this type of accommodation remained a major part of the response to homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Little is known about the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 amongst PEH more broadly, and in a policy and practice context that...

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  2. National Audit Office: Investigation into the housing of rough sleepers during the COVID-19 pandemic

    National Audit Office: Investigation into the housing of rough sleepers during the COVID-19 pandemic

    March 27, 2021

    National Audit Office for the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (14.01.21) This investigation is part of a programme of work we are undertaking to support Parliament’s scrutiny of the government’s response to COVID-19. In this report, we set out the steps taken by the Department in rehousing rough sleepers in England during the pandemic, focusing particularly on the steps taken at the outset of the pandemic; the information held by the Department on those at risk of rough sleeping; and subsequent steps that the Department has taken to provide long-term...

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  3. The impact of COVID-19 on people facing homelessness and service provision across Great Britain

    The impact of COVID-19 on people facing homelessness and service provision across Great Britain

    March 27, 2021

    Boobis and Albanese, Crisis (19.11.20) The homelessness response to COVID-19 has seen extraordinary action taken across Great Britain to get everyone into safe accommodation during the pandemic. At the same time, the economic impact of coronavirus is exerting sudden pressure on people already pushed to the brink by low wages and high rents.  Based on survey responses with voluntary sector organisations and in-depth interviews with local authorities across Great Britain, this research tracks the response of services and the changing support needs of people facing homelessness between March and September 2020.

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