Robert Jenrick said the Protect Programme will help the areas that need the most support for rough sleepers during the new restrictions and over winter.

LGA says plans to scrap the developers’ duty to build affordable houses on sites for up to 40-50 homes would have seen 30,000 fewer homes built since 2015.

According to Generation Rent, as many as 55,000 private renters are thought to have been given an eviction notice between March and August.

Key housing sector bodies have expressed their concern over new housing planning reforms soon to be released by the government.

A new report by the Local Government Association (LGA) says that 100,000 social homes a year are needed to provide housing fit for social care, health and other key workers who have fought Covid-19 on the frontline and the families of those who lost their lives.