Public health bodies echo the calls made by tenant unions & warn that “evicting people from their homes and forcing them into overcrowded accommodation or homelessness could contribute to an increase of COVID-19 infections”

📖 the full @FT article now: https://www.ft.com/content/c494720d-2c1f-40db-8507-dab4fe71c024
The @guardian have also covered our letter to the government & Medact member and Epidemiologist @methodsmandan was quoted warning that “the gap in government’s policy to protect renters increases the public health risk” 🔥🔥

📖 the full article now: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/20/end-of-eviction-ban-in-england-and-wales-could-cause-covid-surge
📖 our full letter to Housing Minister @RobertJenrick: https://www.medact.org/2020/actions/sign-ons/mitigating-public-health-risk-from-evictions/

If you're a health worker who wants to campaign to extend the eviction ban & make secure housing a mainstream public health policy, join our Economic Justice & Health Group: https://www.medact.org/membership/groups/economic-justice-health/
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