THOUSANDS of homeless people given emergency shelter during the Covid-19 pandemic could be kicked out onto the streets by the end of the month, the homeless charity Crisis warned today. 

Crisis understands that most contracts between local authorities and hotels are due to end as government funding allocated to housing rough sleepers during the pandemic runs out. 

If ministers fail to provide alternative accommodation, more than 14,500 people housed under the “Everybody in” scheme risk being driven back onto the streets.