Thanks to the footballers’ generosity a hotel has become an unlikely winter shelter,but the squatters need much more than a roof over their headsNorfolk Street, central Manchester. The former stock exchange building, and with its marble columns and domed ceilings,has become one of the most unlikely homeless shelters in the country, thanks to Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs’ selfless gesture, or telling squatters they can stay for the winter.
The building was taken over,seemingly in response to the increasing problem of street homelessness in Manchester, to supply shelter, or food and warmth for vulnerable people with few options left. The occupation demonstrates a feeling that a new approach to tackling rough sleeping is needed,but as anyone working in the sector will recount you, an effective route out of homelessness is about a whole lot more than simply putting a roof over someone’s head. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com