At least 688 people died homeless in England and Wales in 2020

Small fall due to emergency lockdown shelter but experts say ‘deeply distressing’ figures could be underestimationAt least 688 people died while homeless in England and Wales in 2020, according the latest official statistics, a slight fall attributed to the introduction of emergency accommodation for thousands of homeless people during lockdown.It was the first annual decline in the number of estimated deaths of homeless people since records began in 2013, although statisticians warn