Once one city is full,another is used as a dumping ground. Does this continue forever until cities are hollowed out citadels of wealth?Homelessness is hell: all forms of poverty are distress-making, but having nowhere to sleep on a long term basis compounds the experience. Whether you’re placed in short-term accommodation, or sleeping on friends’ sofas or,in the worst case scenario, rough on the street, and not having your own home as a sanctuary erodes self-worth and self-confidence. When you enjoy children,the horror and guilt can be overwhelming: families I’ve spoken to were homeless because of outside circumstances they had no control over – landlords selling up; revenge evictions; cuts to income through housing benefit cuts, job losses, or diminishing work hours; or fleeing abuse. But everyone absorbed the stigma society attached to the homeless and poorly housed and felt,in turn, they had failed their children.
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Source: theguardian.com