Addiction services in llandough we’re working with the council and police to stop addicts living in tents in city centres, this goes back to case of the man that died in a tent on st Mary’s street. A chronic alcoholic that worked out he could beg and get money to feed his habit.
The legal bit is that living in a tent you get rights which meant it was hard to move people on or even enter the tent.
All social services and police and Cardiff Council wanted this to stop so they could people get into care and offer help
They also appealed to charities to stop giving out tents.
This was a Labour council and a welsh nhs trying to do this. It seems other councils and uk govt are trying to fix the same issue now. My sister was involved in trying to fix this issue in Cardiff