BY ANDREW MOODY The first time I was homeless, I openly slept in parks in East London, dehydrated and exhausted from sleep deprivation. The second time I was homeless, that wasn’t an option: I’d have been murdered. Once you’ve been homeless enough times, you have to be streetwise, or else you’re dead. Luckily for me… Read More Down & Out in London
According to the homeless charity Crisis, last year 57, 740 households were accepted as homeless in England. In Scotland, 28,226 applications were assessed as homeless and in Wales 7,128 households were threatened with homelessness. Homeless people are over nine times more likely to take their own life than the general population. On average, homeless people in… Read More Hidden Homelessness
BY THE CHAIRMAN In Part 1, I explained that the wrong people were at the cutting edge of dealing with the Homelessness problem in Britain. That we should seek to eradicate the problem and not exacerbate it. I promised solutions. So here they are (all based on the gentle enforcement by the authorities of rough-sleeping… Read More Eradicating Homelessness Continued
BY THE CHAIRMAN For a myriad of reasons, the miserable issue of Homelessness means a great deal to me. I have spent many hours facing up to this problem in town and countryside. Let’s cut to the chase: Homelessness is not a problem which Rich Britain should ever have to face. I have volunteered in… Read More Eradicating UK Homelessness
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