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Kris was at a hotel in west London during the Corona-Virus-outbreak

rough sleepers rooms should be in the hotel lead to a significant long time-says the reduction in rough sleeping to the Corona-Virus outbreak, which is a charity for the homeless.

some 2,000 people have been, of the road in England, and in Travelodges and budget hotels.

St. Mungo's charity says it is an unprecedented opportunity to prevent the people returning to The Streets .

"It is a ray of light in a very grey sky," said the charity's CEO, Howard Sinclair.

"From something terrible, something positive," said Mr. Sinclair, whose charity has contributed to the house rough sleepers in hotels, it protects and prevents the spread of the coronavirus.

He says that it unexpectedly created a great opportunity to consider the needs of people pulled suddenly from the market, so that charity workers diseases in the housing search, and assistance with Mental Health problems or addiction.

Mr. Sinclair says that the "change of scenery" in terms of reducing the long-term numbers of rough sleepers could.

He says there are still rough sleepers, which brought avoided, under one roof.

But he is confident that this mass intervention be a "significant dent" in how many back on the road.

Rough sleepers have been in during the Corona-Virus-outbreak

says The Ministry of housing, communities and Local government, that 90% of rough sleepers in England were invited to come during any of the Corona-Virus-outbreak inside.

The opportunity that followed the collapse of the tourism industry during the lockdown measures that many hotels are empty.

the government and The local authorities paid for the hotel house rough sleepers, which could not be left on The Street during the pandemic, either as a danger to themselves or the wider society.

Mr. Sinclair, the average Life Expectancy for someone living on The Streets , 45 - and that the disease of the rough sleepers, made them extremely susceptible to the coronavirus.

The largest number of people living in hotels or temporary accommodation is in London , But there are also people in Bristol, Brighton, Reading, Oxford and Bournemouth.

charities like St Mungo's are providing staff in the hotels, in which drug use is forbidden and alcohol is not advised, with the temporary residents receive their own room, meals, and Laundry facilities.

"I'm grateful, More Than anything else," says Kris, who stay in a hotel near Paddington, west London .

He says it can be lonely to stay stuck in a hotel room for 23 hours A Day for weeks at a time, But he is well treated, and he hopes it will get "A Chance to, something permanent".

"is What's going round in my head, the uncertainty is what happens next," he says. But for The Moment , he has the security of being in the inside.

He usually sells the Big Issue , and says he finds his customers and The Social life outside, as the magazine has stop sales on The Streets .

Mr. Vogel, the founder of the Big Issue , says putting homeless people in an empty hotel to sleep A Chance to rough.

"We believe very strongly, it is an opportunity for people inside to move and it is something that should be permanent. "

He says it is ironic that the setting have to rough sleepers "away from total neglect on the part of The Authorities to say that they matter because of the fear of the spread of The Virus ".

But he warns that "to expect a happy-ever-after" outcome - how many people live on The Streets are many complex problems of the "decades of neglect" and it might not be easy to stay inside.

"The Streets have been turned into a theatre of social collapse," says Mr bird, whose magazine is now sold in supermarkets and online.

Dave, who has been homeless for 15 years, was in a flat in Dawlish in Devon.

He finds the nature and The Sounds of sleeping on The Sea , But says he has adjusted to Indoor Life .

With a roof over his head, he thinks of volunteering for the NHS.

"The added security is nice," Dave says, and he thinks it will help the homeless, At Risk of the "unwanted" who could reproduce them.

"removed A lot of vulnerable people on The Streets , now. It's great.

"It raises a few questions about why you did it," he says.

Nickie Aiken , MP for the cities of London and Westminster, said there are plans in place had to "in order to avoid a cliff-edge situation, as soon as the block is lifted".

She Said , go to the funding of professionals to help in the hotels, rough sleepers "kick her drink and drug habits" would "pay for itself" in the Long Run .

"We have a Golden opportunity to help even more people to your life and find the support they so desperately need. It would be unforgivable to waste this opportunity," said MS Aiken.

A spokeswoman for the Ministry of housing, communities and Local government said it supported a "massive joint effort of all state bodies, municipalities, health insurance funds and charitable institutions of £1. To help 6bn of funding, the councils respond to coronavirus".

She Said the rules for the rough would ensure sleepers, "some of The Most vulnerable are protected in the company of the pandemic. We are also to help vital services, such as Mental Health or drug and alcohol addiction support to stay Open ."

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Source of news: bbc.com