CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
Many local councils in Wales are working to provide accommodation and support during the coronavirus pandemic to people who are sleeping rough.
If you do not have any accommodation you should contact your local council or your support worker as soon as you can. Find contact details for your local council here.
The council should help you make a homelessness application and, if you are sleeping rough, or at risk of finding yourself on the street, the council should give you emergency accommodation. This is because coronavirus can spread very easily and if you are sleeping on the streets it is very difficult for you to keep to the government health advice for hygiene, self-isolation and social distancing.
If you are in this situation and the council says it cannot help you, get advice straight away.
If you are provided with emergency accommodation or are already living in emergency accommodation, you will be expected to stick to current Welsh Government coronavirus advice.
The council or landlord will probably give you a letter with things you need to do. Make sure you ask for help if you do not understand anything in the letter. You could be asked to leave if you don’t stick to it.
If you have symptoms of coronavirus you will need to self-isolate for 7 days. The council or landlord should help you find somewhere suitable to self-isolate. This might be where you are currently staying or somewhere else. They should also provide you with support, food and medical help if needed.
If you are in a hostel you may be given a separate isolation pod away from others and separate hygiene facilities.