Decision welcomed, but concerns remain as the measures are temporary and homelessness is expected to rise
When Timon Ncube, 61, was refused emergency accommodation by Brighton and Hove city council in September, he was forced to live on the streets.
The UK was on the verge of its second wave of the pandemic, but the council did not house Ncube, a refused asylum seeker from Zimbabwe who came to the UK fleeing persecution, as his immigration status meant he had no recourse to public funds.
