Stay at home,

home, protect the NHS, save lives.

But what if you don't have a home to stay in?

I suppose I come under someone who's got underlying off problems which is my lungs.

I was sleeping on a park bench. I cannot afford to catch it.

The government had been aiming to get rough sleepers off the streets by 2024, but one Thursday in March the targets suddenly moved.

Everyone had to be safely accommodated by the weekend.

And then the coronavirus happened. They said, right, we're going to move you into hotels. Absolutely brilliant. You're listening to stories of our times from The Times and the Sunday Times. I'm Manveen Rana. Today, when staying at home is not an

option. The government campaign to protect the homeless.

The guy just said,

The geeze said, when I walked in there, I was just just joking about I went and he gets a nice room,

mate.

Rob from London is one of thousands of homeless people who've been placed in hotels for the duration

of the There's floor to ceiling windows in this, you know, in the top of paditon, the big old windows you get in the old townhouses.

Floor to ceiling open patio windows, a fridge, an en suite bathroom with shower, power shower, power shower.

Five beds in the room. I was pushing the beds together and making up one massive bed.

It sounds amazing.

Oh, bliss, bliss.

Do you know what, I'm joking, it felt like a weight off my shoulders.

It was like down from a nightmare into a palace.

Rob was one of an estimated 5,000 people in England who sleep rough every night.

In today's episode I'm talking to Rob, Theresa and Richard.

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