Manchester City Centre

[manchester blue]

There is a home for every single "homeless person" in Manchester. They could all be housed in a month. There are people I know, via work, who live on the streets and have one of the new flats near Pottery Lane. Fantastic new big flats. There are people I know who beg in Manchester who live in a city centre flat. They give the impression of being homeless.

Anybody who thinks they are helping the homeless by giving them money are fuelling the problem. Give it a homeless charity instead.

Begging needs to be dealt with. Piccadilly is a cesspit.

 

[FantasyIreland]

There is a home for every single "homeless person" in Manchester. They could all be housed in a month. There are people I know, via work, who live on the streets and have one of the new flats near Pottery Lane. Fantastic new big flats. There are people I know who beg in Manchester who live in a city centre flat. They give the impression of being homeless.

Anybody who thinks they are helping the homeless by giving them money are fuelling the problem. Give it a homeless charity instead.

Begging needs to be dealt with. Piccadilly is a cesspit.

Have you reported these people to the relevant authority?

 

[Manc in London]

It's not just becoming an increasing problem in Manchester. It's the same in London and the satellite towns. It's a problem in places like Finchley, Bounds Green, Wood Green, Finsbury Park etc..

 

[manchester blue]

Have you reported these people to the relevant authority?

Yes mate. They're both being dealt with by our company and partners. Bit of a corporate answer but regarding the guy living on the streets I think he does not have the capability to sustain a tenancy without support, which he gets as much as can be afforded, and the beggar will just move away from the building as our powers are limited once away from the neighbourhood of his tenancy.

I truly believe it's time for begging to be clamped down on. It's getting beyond endemic.