Being homeless is devastating, whether a person is sofa-surfing, living in a hostel or sleeping on the street.
But it’s not just a matter of insecurity and misery. Last year 1611 homeless people died in the UK, a record high. Most deaths are linked to suicide or drugs, but some die after being assaulted. Roughly one in ten of those deaths were people who were rough sleeping, and rough sleeper numbers rose by 20% in the year to over 4600.
The Homelessness Minister claimed that the government was ‘accelerating efforts to tackle the root causes of homelessness’. But the root cause is the profit motive, and no capitalist government will tackle that.
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