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 succeeded in preventing deaths from Covid-19 less than 3 per cent caused by the virus the effort had failed to compensate for years of funding cuts to mental-health, addiction and housing services.
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) A homeless man was found dead at an overpass in east Harris County on Monday as the city of Houston was hit with a frigid blast of winter weather.
According to a tweet posted by the Harris County Sheriff s Office, the 60-year-old man was found dead just before noon at I-10 East and Sheldon Road.
1/2 Deputies were called to the overpass at I-10 East at Sheldon Road today just before noon. A 60-year-old man experiencing homelessness was found deceased, possibly from exposure. Cause of death will be determined by autopsy. #hounewspic.twitter.com/aOsbaPbYcn HCSOTexas (@HCSOTexas) February 15, 2021
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo is urging those to take advantage of the city s warming centers after a man was found dead on a median near Midtown.
According to a tweet posted by Acevedo on Monday, the man was found dead in the 3500 block of Spur 527 near Bagby Street. He said someone saw him and immediately called police.
Very sad about the death of a male subject in our city. Please seek shelter tonight. Temperature is already down to 20 degrees with windchill of 6 degrees. pic.twitter.com/5NSu8Wa155 Chief Art Acevedo (@ArtAcevedo) February 16, 2021 While we suspect the cause of death to be related to exposure to extreme low temperatures, the official cause of death pending an autopsy, wrote Acevedo.
Homeless Deaths In Los Angeles County Reach Record High In 2019
The number of deaths amongst people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County increased to a record 1,267 in 2019 with drug overdoses the leading cause with the greatest increase, according to a recent report.
This is the second annual report from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) on mortality among people experiencing homelessness (PEH) in LA County and includes new data for 2019 and part of 2020.
The report found that there were 153 additional deaths among PEH in 2019 compared to the year prior.
While the report found the overall mortality rate increased only slightly due to an even greater increase in the total number of PEH, drug overdose mortality rate increased substantially during the same period.