Design to tackle homelessness - DesignCurial
Design to tackle homelessness Words by Kay Hill The figures on homelessness are stark. According to UK government statistics, 4,677 people were sleeping rough on a single night last year, while the BBC estimates that the total number experiencing the indignity of rough sleeping over a year comes to nearer 28,000. It isn’t a problem unique to the UK: there are more than half a million rough sleepers in the US – 60,000 in Los Angeles alone – not to mention millions of refugees and victims of natural disasters around the world. The traditional response, whether it’s on the streets of Det...