There was a time not so long ago – 10 years, even five – when it seemed quite reasonable for workers in the homelessness sector to suggest that the end of rough sleeping was in sight. So realistic an objective was it, in fact, that all the leading candidates in Londons mayoral elections of 2008 pledged to achieve it before they left office. Nobody talks in those terms now. Tomorrow, the Combined Homeless and Information Network (Chain), a database compiled by those who work with rough sleepers and the street population in the capital, publishes its annual report, the most detailed and comprehensive source of information available on those seen sleeping rough by outreach teams in 2013-14. The report is almost certain to show another significant increase, says Leslie Morphy, chief executive of Crisis, the national charity for single homeless people – continuing an alarming upward trend that has, over the past four years, seen the number of people sleeping rough on Londons streets at some point in the year swell by 75%, to 6,437 in 2012-13.https://facebook/WakeUpNewss/posts/334761143315725?notif_t=notify_me
Posted on: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 02:34:36 +0000
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