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Liverpool City Council

Community · 27 February 2020

Rough sleeper figures remain stable in Liverpool

The number of people sleeping rough on the streets of Liverpool has remained broadly stable, new figures show. Official, independently verified Government figures out this morning (27 Feb) show 17 people were sleeping on city centre streets on November 13, 2019 – the night of the annual rough sleeper count. The count acts as a

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Podcast · 17 November 2019

Homelessness – The story of our streets

Rough sleeping is the most visible form of homelessness, but not all rough sleepers are homeless – some  do  have somewhere to stay, but choose to sleep on the streets to beg, or because they become attached to the lifestyle. Conversely, there are homeless people we don’t see who are living in temporary accommodation –