Sleeping in barns – homeless in the countryside
Rural rough sleepers face harsh conditions as a taskforce warns of a hidden homelessness “crisis”. …
Herefordshire Council’s rough sleeper outreach team placed him in emergency accommodation and helped with his drug addiction and mental health problems through the government’s “Everyone In” initiative. The initiative, aimed at ensuring no-one slept rough during the pandemic, helped 43,000 people in total. It has now ended.