UK Homelessness
There are fears for thousands of rough sleepers with no recourse to public funds who were housed at the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
The "unthinkable" decision comes as Generation Rent warns homelessness could treble this year.
The new funds are to help some 15,000 people in emergency accommodation.
As hotels prepare to return to business as usual, the homeless people staying in them during the pandemic face a “cliff-edge” fear of returning to the streets.
Campaigners fear those with "no recourse to public funds" could be left out in the cold even as other homeless people are offered further support.
Labour accuses Luke Hall of “half-baked” suggestion made in letter to local councils.
Shelter says it fears a "wave of homelessness" when the government freeze ends on June 29, as tenants affected by coronavirus struggle with debt.
"Everyone in" policy to support homeless people as coronavirus hit is undermined by "insufficient" government funding, say councils.
Cracks in local authority systems exacerbated by central government policy have left vulnerable homeless people fearing for their lives during Covid-19.
With no long-term funding plan for emergency hotels, councils and charities have their say on what needs to happen next.