The co-design project at the Lancaster West Estate near Grenfell saw 40 residents help Kensington and Chelsea Council select the three winning bidders.

The End Child Poverty campaign, which commissioned the analysis, said the figures showed worrying rates of child poverty even before the pandemic.

The winter fund will comprise £10m from the Cold Weather Fund and £2m for faith and community groups – though critics say the funding isn’t enough.

Incommunities, Bradford Council, and the police joined residents last week to clean up Fagley estate ahead of a funding boost from the Safer Streets Fund.

The units designed specifically for homeless people will sit on ‘meanwhile’ sites – currently underused land due for development in the future.

Latest government figures show that close to six million people live in households trapped in fuel poverty – equivalent to the population of Denmark.

The rapid rehousing welcome centres will provide emergency accommodation for people who have no other accommodation options.

Rough sleepers will die this winter if the government fails to act on the confluence of Coronavirus and cold weather, doctors and campaigners have warned.

The Shelter poll also found 35% of private renters were living in poor conditions during lockdown, such as those caused by electrical hazards and damp.

The 2,700+ applications for the fund far exceed the 1,700 towers with high-risk cladding systems the government estimates exist in the UK.