Do you want the answer? For a start it's a minority of rough sleepers who own dogs. I'd say there are two categories
1) those that want the companionship of the dog...rough sleeping is very lonely and it's very hard to trust anyone. They may sleep in the same sleeping bag for warmth. They may...
people from the city have access to government funded housing so SHOULDN'T be homeless for very long. When I say government funded housing I mean hostels. These hostels aren't that great generally and can be quite chaotic so people do often find themselves caught in a bit of a rough...
the problem definitely isn't being ignored, a lot of the problems are financial. The council simply doesn't have the money to provide accommodation for those that need it (even people with local connection status are placed on a waiting list for hostels) and private renting comes with expensive...
it's far beyond the point of 'becoming' a problem...it's been a fully fledged problem for a while now. The homeless services in this city are very overstretched and the problem is only going to get worse with cuts
this is my vocational field so don't really want to dominate this thread but I'm...