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Has everyone noticed more and more people sleeping rough in their home town?
What's the root of the problem and possible solution?
What's the root of the problem and possible solution?
In all honesty no, not in my home town or nearest city, Newcastle. Having visited a number of other cities recently doing the university tours with my son I did notice an increase in beggars, Manchester was particularly bad. I believe the majority of issues relate to mental health so I wonder if there is a correlation between a reduction in mental health provision and support in certain areas and those sleeping rough. My understanding, highly limited, is that beds are available but many choose not to take them. I don't know how accurate that is.
I certainly feel for the people involved, it must be horrible.
Homlessness! Oh dear
Wow. Lets hope it never happens to you...
Well said.
I used to do the soup kitchen on Christmas Day. Very sobering...
I think Hobbit the comment re Homelessness was aimed more at the spelling of homlessness rather than the plight of said homeless people. Was gonna say summat before this but ave gone past arguing with the spelling police.
Homlessness! Oh dear
There are some threads where being a knob is maybe acceptable...
However, there some where it's absolutely not acceptable...
That's interesting. Why has this particular demographic been affected more than others. I am aware that many Ex-Service personnel have become homeless and this seems to be due to Mental Health issues, I wonder how many others are in this situation due to their mental health and how do we quantify what is a 'Mental Health' issue, is it alcoholism, Drug abuse, Upbringing or a plethora of mental issues like Autism, Dyslexia or Depression.To answer the OP, homelessness has risen 60% since 2010, when austerity measures(benefit cuts) were implemented. Quite often the homeless don't want to attract too much attention and, generally, try and find areas where they are less likely to be moved on. However bad you may think it is, by personal observations, its a lot worse in terms of the numbers out there.
The age group that has seen the largest rise is late teens/early 20's. The cynical reason behind this is when the govt cut the housing benefits for that age group it hoped to force a large percentage of them to return home.