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What defines a 'spare room'?

Oh, so people affected by B.T should 'pluck a homeless person, off the street......and home them, in their 'spare rooms'?

Softy, you aint got a jar of glue,mate. You really have not.

[quote=RUDEBOX]What defines a 'spare room'?

Oh, so people affected by B.T should 'pluck a homeless person, off the street......and home them, in their 'spare rooms'?

if you say so

I found what you said very moving rude but I'm glad that person has been given somewhere to stay for the time being. Good luck. Bennie.

Exactly my point as well.They who are all so caring for the homeless poeple,Why can t they let them sleep in there spare rooms.
Or maybe ,NO is the answer because they will draw on the walls and wont be classed as graffiti.

"why cant they let them sleep in their spare rooms?"


You cant seriously be asking that question ???

"No second night out" is a local government initiative.I wonder why the local activists make no mention of it, and why they don't use the present window of media attention to point it out.

Good point Dusty . Ive just had a good look at their website and superficially it looks a very good initiative . However, something isnt working if we are still having loads of rough sleepers on the streets . Needs studying to see why its not effective .

One reason it might not be working as well as it could be might be because they have rules and regulations unlike the unofficial doss house.

That could be part of the problem Dilly , right from the outset. I noticed on their website they have analized what the outcome was of each of the calls made to their hotline. Some got no further than contact, because information was asked for.

Some so called homeless choose to live like dossers, in that I am not saying all do. Many won't go near properly oganised establishments because they have an inability to conform with any rules, rules such as no drinking. I wonder if the people in the bank building had any such rules ? I would seriously doubt it.

I wonder what the answer is .I believe lots of people simply dont want to give up drink or their smokes as those are the only things that take the pain of hopelessness away -and they simply arent capable of mixing/conforming in a confined covered building. So what do we do with those people. No organization can work long term without rules and regulations or it will self destruct --yet few of the 'haves' will be willing to dole out money to the 'have nots' either directly or indirectly , in the knowledge it has no strings attached and will be immediately flushed down the toilet.

Maybe as I think Ive commented somewhere before, one answer is just to provide such people with decent sleeping bags and a pop up tent, and a designated area they can get together and sleep rough safely??

We do something similar for travellers after all and Id hardly count half of them as have nots.

[quote=Softy_Southerner]Maybe the people who can't / won't pay the 'bedroom tax' can let the homeless use their spare rooms then their spare room will no longer be spare so no tax due? Simples :
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True, pity somethink like that didn't apply to paying income tax, national insurance and my pension.

It would appear that the vandals have also caused damage to the door of the building.

No homeless people are now in the building, yet it is still illegally occupied.

The people calling themselves "activists" are not, there is a clear definition in English of what an activist is and nowhere does illegal activity enter the definition yet these vandals attempt to use the title to justify their illegal actions. It is highly insulting the the many true activists the country has who provide a valuable watchdog and public awareness service on many occasions.