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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Joseph Timan

THE TRUTH ABOUT: More employed people in greater manchester are having to use homeless shelters | History Defined

More working people in Greater Manchester are using homeless shelters.

There were 223 employed individuals referred to A Bed Every Night for emergency accommodation and support from January to September. This is a 15.5 pc increase compared to the same period in the previous year.

The highest number of referrals for people in work to the Greater Manchester scheme, which aims to prevent and reduce rough sleeping, was from Salford. It comes as around 50 people have started sleeping rough for the first time every month since March, with most new referrals from Manchester.

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