Quote Originally Posted by dembethewarrior View Post
I'm not sure what the answer is or how to fix it but it does need fixing. Without searching and reading am article I skipped past and forgot to go back and read I think it was Finland that have kept on decreasing homelessness. Maybe a model to look at.. But our lot don't want to spend on that..
Agreed.

We need a way of addressing it.

When I was back in Cardiff last year I was speaking to some people from a homeless charity and from Cardiff council... the issue they have is that if they create a model in Cardiff with services to help people get off the street and things like counselling and referrals etc, that will pull people from other cities with lesser services.. So this is a case where the central government need to develop a national plan, with input from all cities and all charities.. so that we don't just push people on the streets around the country where the services are... sadly central governments commitment to addressing homelessness is non-existent and just leave it to local authorities without a single thought of the complexities I've touched on.