Number of Rough Sleepers in London Leaps 26%

The total number of rough sleepers in the capital went up 26 per cent in the last two months from the same period the year before, according to government-endorsed figures. Homelessness charity Broadway’s CHAIN bi-monthly report shows 1,920 people were sleeping rough in London in September and October this year.  The number of new rough sleepers in London went up 31 per cent in the same period compared with September and October 2011. The proportion of people staying on the streets for a second night went down, with 725 (80 per cent) spending one night on the streets this year in the two months and 507 (74 per cent) spending one night on the streets in the period last year. Read more on Inside Housing.