Rough sleeping severe weather plan activated in London for first time in 2022
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Mayor of London: Further reading
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has activated the pan-London Severe Weather Emergency Protocols (SWEP) for the first time this year, to protect homeless people as temperatures are forecast to fall below freezing.
The activation of SWEP compels councils across London (alongside homelessness charities) to open emergency accommodation for people who are sleeping rough during weather conditions that could pose a threat to life.
The Mayor has invested £800,000 in new homeless accommodation at a hotel in East London. Whilst London's boroughs will be providing over 500 SWEP beds this winter, the new hotel will act as overflow accommodation - offering a further 66 rooms for rough sleepers across London.
All London councils have also committed to implementing the Mayor's 'In for Good' principle, meaning that once someone has accessed SWEP accommodation, they are accommodated until a support plan is in place to end their rough sleeping - regardless of whether the temperature has risen above freezing.
To avoid the risk of Covid infections, the Mayor has asked boroughs that only single-occupancy accommodation such as hotel rooms be used for SWEP provision.
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