Quote Originally Posted by Heisenberg View Post
I don't need to, the Council are more than aware that not enough is being done to prevent homelessness and there are going to be further cuts to frontline prevention services coming up thanks to the ring-fencing of 'Supporting People' funding ending in the next year or so. Add that to the clusterf**k of Universal Credit coming in... and... it's going to be bleak to say the least.

Just thought I'd add some first hand knowledge and experience to a thread where people (including you) seem to think that all rough sleepers are out on the streets by choice. A small percentage are, in honesty, due to the fact that the homeless hostels you mentioned are not the best, safest, places in the world for vulnerable people - not matter how good the staff are.
Indeed , very hostile environments