According to the Guardian, London “dominates estimates of national homelessness newly published by Shelter. London’s homelessness count ascends 16% compared to last year, but of course, this is no surprise. Shelter shares the fact that 170,000 people are homeless in London today.
According to the BBC the homelessness charity crisis said it was rising at an “appalling rate”. John Sparkes, the chief executive of crisis, said: “Behind these statistic there are thousands of desperate people, sleeping in doorways, bin shelters and parks-anywhere they can find to stay safe and escape the elements. Rough sleeping ruins lives. Our recent research has shown how rough sleepers are 17 times more likely to be victims of violence. This is no way for anyone to live.”
After this, we decided to interview the residents of Harrow to discover what they thought about this tough subject.
Here are some of the areas with the most rough sleepers:
Image: from the BBC website http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38719087
R Pacheco 