A quarter of the hostel beds available to homeless people could vanish within months as a result of public spending cuts that threaten to force tens of thousands of vulnerable people on to the streets, a study backed by leading charities suggests. The charities warn the problem of so-called "visible homelessness" will resurface as councils prepare to make savings of up to 65% to budgets that provide key services for mentally ill people, ex-offenders, drug addicts, refugees, care leavers and teenage parents.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jan/18/spending-cuts-homeless-hostel-beds
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