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What is the Everyone In scheme?
The Everyone In scheme provided temporary accommodation, including hotels, for homeless people and rough sleepers when the coronavirus pandemic first hit.
A University College London (UCL) study found that the scheme, which moved nearly 15,000 homeless people into emergency accommodation in March and April, saved tens of thousands of England’s most vulnerable people from catching Covid-19.
However, the scheme ended in May and did not begin again when homelessness charities made calls for it to return during England’s second national lockdown in November.
Jon Sparkes, chief executive of homelesness charity, Crisis, said at the time: “With a new lockdown imminent, the UK government must bring ‘Everyone In’ back in England with ring-fenced funding for local councils to provide Covid-safe accommodation for anyone experiencing or at risk of rough sleeping.”