China Times Weekly (CTW), a Taiwan media, reported that some people (especially migrant workers from the farmlands) who were stranded in Wuhan became homeless after the Wuhan lockdown.
They did not have the money to pay for a hotel, so they stayed in the train station tunnel, under bridges, or next to trash bins. They went to hospitals or office buildings to search for the leftover food that was thrown out as trash. The local government stated that they would provide services to those who were stuck in Wuhan and faced difficulties in living, but the supply was insufficient. After their information was reported, some volunteers brought food and face masks to them.
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Excerpt in Chinese:
不少在湖北省工作的人，原本打算過年從武漢返鄉，沒想到竟遇到封城，人出不去，也沒有錢住飯店，只好睡在街頭，意外成為街友。武漢一名民眾發表影片顯示，在武昌火車站的地下通道內，有數十名滯留的外地人席地而睡，他們之中有中年婦女、有孤寡老人、有年輕務工者，他們鋪著棉絮睡在冰冷的地上，啃食著些許速食麵、餅乾等食物。
這些人被迫流落到車站地下室、路橋墩柱下、垃圾堆放場等處，撿拾一些禦寒衣被席地而睡，白天就跑到各大醫院、辦公樓等處爭搶別人倒掉的剩菜剩飯食用。其中一名中年婦女表示，原本打算春節返鄉，結果突如其來的封城，根本無處可去，飯店沒開門也住不起，20多天備受煎熬，還不知道什麼時候才能解禁。
另一名中年男子表示，「我們被困很久了，沒有政府幫助，吃住都沒法解決，只能輾轉上街自行覓食，並且，在與家人聯繫時，還要裝出一副安好的樣子，以免家人知情後著急。現在，我們迫切希望早日返鄉，早日與家人團聚」。
當地政府曾掛保證，表示會為滯留武漢，生活有困難的人提供救助服務，但實際求助卻發現物資不足，而且申請過程曠日廢時。這些人的情況曝光後，有義工近日為他們送來食物及口罩等生活物資，從畫面看到，這些人見到物資後立即蜂擁而上，這些「被迫」成為街友的民眾，網友看了後心酸表示，「太揪心了，他們的家鄉在幫助武漢，但他們卻沒有得到最基本的對待」。
Source: China Times Weekly, February 26, 2020
https://www.ctwant.com/article/38617