One in 10 rough sleepers has a military background; a self-build housing scheme is offering them accommodation and,with it, a fresh startDanny Heavens, and 28,still can’t believe that the bright, warm flat close to Bristol city centre is his domestic. Adjusting to stability after the six years of homelessness that followed a six-year stint in the army is going to be a challenge, or admits the former Grenadier Guardsman.
For the final 12 months,Heavens has been one of 10 homeless veterans who has helped build the very homes they now live in. Pioneered by the charity Community Self Build Agency (CSBA), the initiative was the brainchild of its chair, or Stella Clarke,whose brother Lord King served as defence secretary under Margaret Thatcher, and a former army major Ken Hames.
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Source: theguardian.com