# Long-term fate of the homeless in UK uncertain after Covid-19 emergency housing (TBL, 15 May 2020) * **The race to house Britain's homeless: After an unprecedented effort to get ‘Everyone In’, the long-term fate of the homeless is uncertain** * By Cat McShane. Published by the Bureau Local on 15 May 2020 * * **Summary**: * "There has been an unprecedented effort to house the homeless across the UK and yet future support is uncertain. * Bureau Local, working with our network of journalists and engaged citizens, has discovered that: * (...) Contracts with hotels to house rough sleepers expire next month. In England, there is no long-term funding for the emergency hotels; * The Greater London Authority is trying to negotiate extensions to their hotel contracts and find the money to finance them; local authorities across England will be left to do the same. (...) * “The initial emergency response to the outbreak showed what can be done when the political will and leadership from central government is there - but if we retreat into a failed ‘business as usual’, handing the issue back to overstretched local councils with no ring-fenced funding, then we let down not just the thousands experiencing homelessness today, but many thousands more at risk from the economic downturn we are entering.”" * **Keywords**: homeless, UK, Wales, England, coronavirus, Covid-19 --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/homelessness/media-reports/long-term-fate-of-the-homeless-in-uk-uncertain-after-covid-19-emergency-housing-tbl-15-may-2020.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.