The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 is to ensure that everyone who is at risk of homelessness, or who is homeless, is legally entitled to meaningful help from their local authority regardless of their current status. It does this by defining the service that local councils and other public bodies must provide to those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. The law requires councils to provide that help at an earlier stage than previously, with the objective that this will decrease the likelihood that people will become homeless.
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Yes, but each case should be taken on its own merit - for example, someone should not be allowed to park a van and settle at a public beauty spot, causing a blight and reducing the enjoyment for others, and claim it their right as they are of no fixed abode.
@9PHB5QV10mos10MO
Yes but there should be a list of rules they need to follow so they don't encamp close to spaces that are not appropriate. In parks, near statues, really busy locations in the city.
@9P9ZHFD10mos10MO
No, instead lower the prices of newly made housing and create temporary residency for homeless people to re-enter the system by joining minimum wage role programs
@9NVJ4B910mos10MO
No. Create a space of similar conditions and legalise those only for those who do not wish to take housing.
@9MWHW7D10mos10MO
More suitable housing should be available..if people are suffering with mental health issues, crowded unsanitary housing isn't suitable
depending on the circumstances. If the shelter provided isnt suitable due to security and saftey. why would they stay there
@966JFVP2yrs2Y
they can sleep in public places just not on other people's property
@96647F92yrs2Y
if the owner of the property allows them too
@96646C72yrs2Y
No, they should be offered housing from charities and the government
@9663TY72yrs2Y
Yes , but it depends on how many people are in the area
@93D7JKF3yrs3Y
Not long term. Maybe for a few nights?
They should be further encouraged to take up the offers of help, make it illegal after a time
@8XZ7SZL3yrs3Y
No, but try and help them
@99GFLQ32yrs2Y
Yes, and homeless individuals should not even be refused shelter and housing in the first place.
@98GSHZ22yrs2Y
Only if they are respecting the land and taking care of it as if it were their own.
@9663RKM2yrs2Y
Yes as long as they don't ruin the public property
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