Rough sleeper numbers ‘down a third in a year’ but charities warn figures do not show full extent
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Charities warned that the number of recorded rough sleepers is ‘a significant underestimate of the true scale of homelessness’.
By Gabriella Swerling, Social and Religious Affairs Editor
The number of rough sleepers has fallen by more than a third in a year, government data shows, but shows an increase of 52 per cent since 2010.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has released data showing that the number of people estimated to be sleeping rough on a single night...
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