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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@9NRJQFK10mos10MO
No-homeless hubs should be made readily available with plans to help return these people to a normal state of living
@9N4BDN210mos10MO
No but more programs should be available to help them get back into society with mental and social care help.
@9GXTXF6Conservative1yr1Y
I can imagine an immigrant with no English except the word benefit being prioritised housing over our homeless individuals that have been failed by the system
@9GQ68R81yr1Y
They should be provided with better housing and shelters but they shouldn't be sleeping on public property.
@9PMHMPX9mos9MO
I believe they should be given a choice- Prison, or a programme that screens them for drug use- If they are possitive for drug use, they go to rehab. After they are put in a facility that gives them food, a gym and education to help integrate them back into society.
Yes, but provide support programmes to deal with mental health and addictions that may make them feel more at home on the streets than in a shelter or housing.
@9BMKHN82yrs2Y
Yes in places that aren't disruptive to society and they understand it is public property
@8YJMVHK3yrs3Y
Find out why and address it
@99LJRCM2yrs2Y
I believe it should depend on the public property, eg parks are absolutely fair for them to camp in as long as when they move they clean up after themselves
@98GKFKJ2yrs2Y
No but only if the rejection is for a unreasonable reason
@92QHY8T3yrs3Y
Yes, but irregularly - designated "Last resort" shelters or zones should be made available to encamp on
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