Jenny Edwards thinks of the organisation she leads, Homeless Link, as an "early warning system" for homelessness.
"Bum hunting," the disturbing term for attacking homeless people, has led to homeless people being beaten and sometimes killed across Canada.
"I believe the officer that killed Mr. Garner should serve the time he needs to serve," said Anthony Perez of Picture the Homeless, an advocacy group founded and led by homeless people.
In 2010, Unseen Tours set up in London, offering guided tours led by homeless people.
New allocation policies in the act also led to homeless people losing their automatic priority in the queue for a permanent home.
The study finds: Housing benefit caps and shortages of social housing has led to homeless families increasingly being placed in accommodation outside their local area, particularly in London.
In the case of Aileen Wuornos, there were reasons for her size: she'd led a homeless life, and if you sleep under a bridge, you don't go to the gym.
But Pragulic, a new company in Prague, is offering an underground tour that goes one step further: It is led by homeless guides, who weave in their own tales of life on the streets while taking groups through the city's historic center and outlying districts.
As a dry space long used by homeless people was suddenly cleared and fenced off – which is how it remains – and protest camps set up by homeless people spread across the city, the council won an injunction against anyone pitching a tent, which went as far as listing the items (sleeping bags, cardboard boxes) that were still permitted, and led to homeless people facing fines of up to £5,000.
