<span style="color: #000000;">London recently saw a surge in new warnings over a significant increase in rough sleeping, amid concerns of higher costs of living forcing more people on to the streets. An increase of 21% has been recorded by official data in the number of people sleeping rough in the capital of UK.<br />'' <br />'' London mayor Sadiq Khan stated that without government intervention, the progress made in sheltering people since the Covid-19 pandemic would be reversed. He called for an immediate freeze on private sector rents, the lifting of the benefit cap and the unfreezing of housing benefits and more resources for local councils to aid the ones sleeping on the streets.<br />''<br />''The mayor said, Our outreach workers, charity teams, healthcare professionals and council staff are not only vital partners in this work but unsung heroes. He added, despite this progress, extraordinary financial pressures are putting the poorest Londoners at growing risk of homelessness with the number of people sleeping rough already up by a fifth year on year.</span><br />