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Location: Zoom
Date: Thursday 9th April
Company: Crisis
Role: Policy & Public Affairs Manager

Over the last decade, the UK's homeless population has risen to an estimated 320,000 people, and the coronavirus pandemic means they're more vulnerable than ever. While not all of the country's homeless people are living on the streets, those who do are more likely to suffer from respiratory conditions or other illness and are far less likely to be able to practice self-isolation and social distancing.  

On March 23rd, prime minister Boris Johnson announced that the UK would go into lockdown, ordering all but essential workers to stay at home, except for 1 hour of exercise a day. But this isn't possible for everyone. With the country ordered to remain at home, what do you do if you have no home? Or, if you rely on shelters to provide food and shelter?

In this interview, I talk to Jasmine Basran, the Policy & Public Affairs Manager from the homeless charity Crisis. We discuss homelessness in the UK, and whether the economic impact of coronavirus could lead to increased homelessness.

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More from Crisis:

• Crisis: About homelessness

• Crisis: It was like a nightmare – the reality of sofa surfing in Britain today

• Crisis: Mental health

• Crisis: At what cost?

Mentioned in the show:

• The Big Issue: How many people are homeless in the UK? And what can you do about it?

• BBC: Homelessness in England 'a national crisis', say MPs

• BBC: All rough sleepers in England 'to be housed'

• The Guardian: Coronavirus: homeless face race against time to self-isolate

• Sky News: Coronavirus: Councils in England asked to house all rough sleepers by the weekend

• The Guardian: One-third of homeless sofa-surfing forced to do so for over six months

• Homeless: The single biggest cause of homelessness in England is the ending of a tenancy in the private rented sector

• The Big Issue: Homelessness and the mental health scandal

• Shelter: Homelessness crisis costs councils over £1bn in just one year 

• The Independent: Government announces emergency legislation to stop all evictions

• Sky News: Coronavirus: Fourteen transport workers die in London after contracting COVID-19

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