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I have never known a government that has to be shamed in to action on such a regular basis.
Can a kind celebrity now pick up on the plight of thousands of currently sheltered rough sleepers? The government have stopped the funding and they’re going back to shop doorways. 1/8
Can a kind celebrity now pick up on the plight of thousands of currently sheltered rough sleepers? The government have stopped the funding and they’re going back to shop doorways. 1/8
If you thought the rough sleeping crisis was bad before, think about the misery that is coming down the line.
Jobs are disappearing, money will run out. People will be evicted with nowhere to go on an unprecedented scale. 2/8
Jobs are disappearing, money will run out. People will be evicted with nowhere to go on an unprecedented scale. 2/8
Who knows how many people this will end up being? I hope and pray it’s not you.
So add this unknown but likely to be vast number to those who are currently sheltered, being thrown back on to the street.
It’s a huge ticking time bomb. 3/8
So add this unknown but likely to be vast number to those who are currently sheltered, being thrown back on to the street.
It’s a huge ticking time bomb. 3/8
There are thousands of empty and abandoned properties across the country.
Warehouses sit empty and more will go the same way.
Why aren’t the government urgently seeking to convert these places so people can live in them? 4/8
Warehouses sit empty and more will go the same way.
Why aren’t the government urgently seeking to convert these places so people can live in them? 4/8
If you can convert an exhibition centre in to a hospital, in the matter of days, at a cost of £220m, you can make these places habitable, and you build *tens of thousands* of flats for the sole purpose of social accommodation.
These flats are public assets. 5/8
These flats are public assets. 5/8
All of the time a rough sleeper is in accommodation they can receive help from various charities/organisations, they can receive the state assistance they are fully entitled to receive.
Many of these people have fought for their countries, and this is how they are treated. 6/8
Many of these people have fought for their countries, and this is how they are treated. 6/8
Why aren’t the angry men in London protesting for veterans to have a home, rather than turning up to fight an invisible enemy, with no statues to defend, and still end up on the losing side? 7/8
If we must have statues then it is right we replace the statues of racists and slave traders with modern day heroes, such as Mr Rashford.
But in the meantime, someone with a big profile needs to stand up for the rough sleepers. 8/8
But in the meantime, someone with a big profile needs to stand up for the rough sleepers. 8/8
