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Good thing, and it did save lives and protected people from the virus at the time. it also taught us that the big issue... yet what we didn't see is all those people being offered real housing and support they need. there is something called housing first in scotland, where rough sleeping has come down, where instead of temporary accommodation, a home of their own. we need to see the government adopt it, because it has all the evidence it needs to do so. . ~' has all the evidence it needs to do so. . ~ , ., y has all the evidence it needs to do so. . ~' , ., , . let's return now to the news th...

Today's increased figures come after several years of decreases from 2017's peak, aided by a huge effort through covid to get everyone off the streets. but overall, rough sleeping is up nearly 75% since 2010. what our team is seeing in terms of their caseload, of the number of people who are approaching us for help when they're rough sleeping is a sustained increase and an increased risk for sleeping, and it's slightly harder to get people into accommodation. at the night shelter in bristol, run by the julian trust, sam atkinson has turned up early, hoping to secure a bed. been using the brist...

Simon gilchrist has been rough sleeping for a fortnight. he lost his flat last year. a hostel place last month. at the heart of both is a long—term drug addiction. people say go and get a job or they don't know about addiction or why people take crack cocaine and heroin and alcohol to sustain the feelings. a military veteran, the 48—year—old doesn't think he'll see 50. if god can take my addiction away and god can say, "look, "i want to put you into this place, here's another go," i would go for that. some of the other people using this service scuttle in, embarrassed, driven here by cos...

Of these are working against the system, and we are often finding people after they falling through the cracks, fallen through the system and need help recovering, rather than preventing them falling into rough sleeping. the government sa s it is into rough sleeping. the government says it is spending — into rough sleeping. the government says it is spending £500 _ into rough sleeping. the government says it is spending £500 million. - says it is spending £500 million. why is that money going, and what more needs to be done? we why is that money going, and what more needs to be done?— m...

Sam was soon joined by simon, who'd spent the day in a&e with chest pains. when the shelter opened, sam managed to get one of the dozen available beds, but the rest had been allocated. so simon was forced to join the thousands of others who each evening call england's pavements their home. michael buchanan, bbc news, bristol. joining me now is matt downie, chief executive of crisis uk, the homeless charity. what are you seeing on the ground? the figures out today reflect what we've been saying for some time, which is the numbers of people experiencing rough sleeping but otherforms experiencing...