As I tentatively raise my head from behind the sofa to comment on this topic. Isn't it a pity both Labour when in office, and Tories now, didn't take control of many Brownfield sites and erect thousands of Prefabs as they did in the early 50's. I had a friend who lived in one and it was lovely and warm, cosy, had all amenities, and perfect for families. Why can't they do the same now for the homeless?

Perhaps if they stopped sending foreign aid to places like Mozambique who received £55m so that its president could buy himself a £7m private jet?



There are plenty more examples of the abuse of foreign aid - these should be investigated thoroughly and stopped if abuse of the money is found. It should (if any IMO) be given to the most deserving cases, not where some governments and or dignitaries can syphon it off for their own use.

The clash of the ideologues! Grow up, it's like listening to children squabbling.

Being homeless doesn't mean "living on the streets". I have no doubt there are plenty of homeless people couch surfing or living in their cars (which seems to be where a lot of homeless women with kids initially end up).

I also am sure that a number of the people currently living on the streets have mental illness and would once have been in institutions that the government of the day closed in favour of small group homes the latter of which they then conveniently forgot to build.

Grrrr..I'm raging! I have had enough! I'll never help anyone again. EVER!! Either I'm too kindhearted, too stupid, or too gullible!! Out of the kindness of me heart and because it was so cold outside yesterday, I took a man into me home. Felt so sorry for him. Poor thing was frozen stiff, I had to carry him in. This morning he just vanished. Not a word, not even "goodbye" or "thank you" for sheltering him!! The last straw? I realized he had peed all over the living room floor!
Like SERIOUSLY That's the "thank you" i get for being good to people?
Now I'm going to warn me friends/family to watch out for him! He is heavy set, and he's wearing nothing but a scarf. He has a nose that looks like a carrot, 2 black eyes and his arms are so skinny they look like sticks!! Don't bring him into your house! What a huge mess he made on our floor but he did leave me his scarf! He goes by the name of Frosty.


Sorry, I thought I would lighten the topic up a bit, something I found on Facebook

The clash of the ideologues! Grow up, it's like listening to children squabbling.

Being homeless doesn't mean "living on the streets". I have no doubt there are plenty of homeless people couch surfing or living in their cars (which seems to be where a lot of homeless women with kids initially end up).

I also am sure that a number of the people currently living on the streets have mental illness and would once have been in institutions that the government of the day closed in favour of small group homes the latter of which they then conveniently forgot to build.

That's exactly what happened here in the U.S.

A Bulgarian National rough sleeper has won a high court judgement against deportation by the Home Office .
At the moment the Home Office has tried to deport rough sleepers but it appears this is against EU rules .