{"id":1143639,"date":"2021-12-22T19:49:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T00:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1143639"},"modified":"2021-12-22T19:49:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T00:49:36","slug":"uk-to-offer-homeless-accommodation-in-exchange-for-getting-vaccinated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-to-offer-homeless-accommodation-in-exchange-for-getting-vaccinated\/","title":{"rendered":"UK to Offer Homeless Accommodation in Exchange for Getting Vaccinated"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuk-to-offer-homeless-accommodation-in-exchange-for-getting-vaccinated%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1143639&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1186510856-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The British government will begin offering free temporary accommodation to homeless people on the condition that they come forward to be vaccinated against the Chinese coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>While the government is currently providing free housing \u2014 irrespective of vaccination status \u2014 to tens of thousands of alleged asylum seekers, homeless Britons will need to agree to get vaccinated to receive the same benefit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>A \u00a328 million funding increase to the government\u2019s Protect and Vaccinate programme will see additional money provided to set up clinics, ramp up outreach in homeless shelters, and to subsidise accommodation for rough sleepers who get vaccinated, <em>The Telegraph<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/global-health\/science-and-disease\/rough-sleepers-offered-accommodation-covid-jab-race-tackle-vaccine\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The government is said to be concerned that homeless people have refused the jab over fears of experiencing side effects while being on the streets.<\/p>\n<p>Hailing the move, the president of the association of public health, Professor Jim McManus said: \u201cIt\u2019s important to get people off the streets when they have a vaccine, in case they have the normal flu-like reaction. Trying to keep yourself warm, when your body is having an immune response to a vaccine, and when you\u2019re in the freezing cold, is awful.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">400K Fewer Young People Employed in Britain Since the Lockdowns Began <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4AxcwLh0mt\">https:\/\/t.co\/4AxcwLh0mt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1384556970485628928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The homeless population is once again facing another rough winter, with many shelters shutting their doors due to fears over the Omicron variant.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the charity Glass Door <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2021\/dec\/14\/call-for-action-to-prevent-deaths-as-uk-homeless-shelters-shut-their-doors\">told<\/a> <em>The Guardian<\/em> that it has been forced to close its usual service, citing concerns about being able to enforce socially distancing and other concerns over the new variant.<\/p>\n<p>Britain\u2019s largest provider of voluntary homeless shelters, Housing Justice said that it has been forced to cut the number of beds provided in half since the pandemic, with just 950 beds currently open to rough sleepers.<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s minister for rough sleeping, Eddie Hughes celebrated the move to offer shelter in exchange for vaccination, saying: \u201cIn the wake of a surge in Covid-19 cases and a new variant, we have an even greater responsibility to protect vulnerable people.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The scheme has drawn some backlash, however, including from political commentator Darren Grimes, who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/darrengrimes_\/status\/1473333816731262982\">said<\/a>: \u201cWe should be housing our nation\u2019s rough sleepers without any caveats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pro-vaccine but it turns my stomach to see us become a nation that requires medical intervention for shelter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re housing those that break into our country in fancy hotels; if we can do that without requiring a vaccine, surely we can look after our own people without it?\u201d Grimes questioned.<\/p>\n<p>According to the charity Crisis, there were around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crisis.org.uk\/ending-homelessness\/homelessness-knowledge-hub\/homelessness-monitor\/england\/the-homelessness-monitor-england-2021\/\">200,000 people<\/a> living on the streets in Britain in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Homelessness severely increases the risk of mortality, with the average death of homeless men being 47 years old and 43 for women, compared to 79 and 83 respectively for the general population.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time as hundreds of thousands of Britons are sleeping rough on the streets, the latest government figures have shown that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/22\/uk-to-spend-500-million-supporting-asylum-seekers-by-next-year\/\">64,000 alleged asylum seekers<\/a> are being housed at taxpayer expense.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UK to Spend \u00a3500 Million on Housing and Supporting Asylum Seekers by Next Year: Report<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3w6e4h8oON\">https:\/\/t.co\/3w6e4h8oON<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1473594163044233223?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British government will begin offering free temporary accommodation to homeless people on the condition that they come forward to be vaccinated against the Chinese coronavirus. 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