General Article ‘Buy a homeless’ project participants explain why they’re happy to be ‘sold’

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Is it really as controversial as it sounds?

By Sarah Ann Harris and Eve Hartley

Selling homeless people and fitting them with tracking devices sounds pretty controversial. So when I find myself walking into an old courtroom (now a function room in a Covent Garden restaurant) where the ‘sale’ of two rough sleepers is being announced, I have a lot of questions.

The room is empty save for the artist himself, a PR and a burly security guard. It’s awkward – no one really seems sure of the correct ...

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