A HOUSING charity’s emergency helpline is receiving calls “every minute” from people on the brink of homelessness, including families cutting down on food to pay their rent. 

Shelter revealed yesterday that almost 25,000 people in England have rung it in the last two months — equivalent to one person calling every minute. 

Since the coronavirus outbreak, the helpline, which gives free housing advice, has received calls from more than 90,000 people, including 31,625 families.