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about 170 at the last count. sleeping rough isn't illegal in itself,you can get threatened with the vagrancy if you refuse housing...very few rough sleepers would refuse housing. you're right in a sense though...very few sleep in the city centre as its really unsafe. but check places like the...

yeh its horrible. it (along with percival terrace and brunswick place) are owned and staffed by a company called baron homes who earn an absolute fortune from the council. they operate them as money making initiatuves and as such they dont give a whole lot back. some of the rooms have full on...

i've been in about 5 now. They do vary...William Colyer (opposite the post office on north road) is alright considering its size. Grand Parade and Percival Terrace are utterly soul destroying.

if you're from here you get priority for the council run hostels (which tend to be horrendous) so if you're homeless it tends not to be for long. if you're not from here you tend to have no access to public housing so unless you accept relocation you're left to sort yourself out

the most well known and visible of them spends the vast majority of his income on heroin. He comfortably earns enough to rent somewhere. I wouldnt recommend giving him money to be honest

untrue. About a tenth of B+H's homeless population are Polish...add on Slovakians, Hungarians, Lithuanians etc and it's certainly more than 'very few'. They are often very savvy and find safe places to sleep and find cash in hand work during the day. There is a huge community of Polish guys...

the services for the homeless in Brighton & Hove are, pound for pound, the best in the country. That particular community are very well looked after...this also means that people are attracted to the city and the services are very over subscribed. Someone earlier said that the homeless...