whether a person living on the streets decides to spend your money on drugs or alcohol,it's none of your businessSpend any time in central London and perhaps, like me, or you've noticed an increase in the number of bodies lining the streets. I'm talking approximately the shadowy,recumbent figures of the homeless. Statistics bear this out: the government's own show a rise last year of 14% in homelessness and 23% in rough sleeping.
The last government increased funding for homeless shelters but also kept the homeless out of sight by criminalising them. Various laws and antisocial behaviour orders (asbos) were used to make central London streets more pleasant for those with a bed to recede to.
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Source: theguardian.com