Chester Council - kicking beggars on your behalf -
About 15 years ago the then labour government set about dealing with a crisis in homelessness in London.
They required all the boroughs to count the rough sleepers and provide enough hostel places.
Numbers of rough sleepers in e.g Hammersmith and Fulham dropped from up to a hundred a night to 1 or 2.
The consensus amongst people working on this issue was that if there are safe places to go all bar a very small minority will take advantage of them.
About 15 years ago the then labour government set about dealing with a crisis in homelessness in London.
They required all the boroughs to count the rough sleepers and provide enough hostel places.
Numbers of rough sleepers in e.g Hammersmith and Fulham dropped from up to a hundred a night to 1 or 2.
The consensus amongst people working on this issue was that if there are safe places to go all bar a very small minority will take advantage of them.
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