Food bank user on the importance of service for homeless people

The number of rough sleepers in the capital has risen by more than a fifth in the past year.

And the number of those on the streets for the first time has shot up by more than a quarter to 6,391.

A total of 10,053 people were seen sleeping rough between April last year and March, says the Combined Homelessness and Information Network report for the Greater London Authority.

Chain’s figure was up by 21 percent from 8,329 a year previously.

The latest statistics came after the Prince of Wales said the London borough of Lambeth will be among his six flagship areas where he hopes to end homelessness with his new Homewards project.

Chain said 2,084 people had been seen rough sleeping for at least two consecutive years.

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Homelessness charity St Mungo’s called on the Government to increase housing benefit “so it properly reflects the true cost of renting”.

Chief executive Emma Haddad said the increase in rough sleepers “is a tragic reflection of the impact of the cost-of-living crisis and the severe lack of affordable housing”.

She added that without “immediate intervention the number of people sleeping rough will continue to rise”.

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