ABDEL Haffid Bensaada is proof that interventions can bring people out of homelessness.

Natasha Carey, a mother of four, says homelessness causes a “ripple effect” which often leads to greater health and social problems and addiction.

Hundreds of new beds are available to homeless people since Jonathan Corrie’s death galvanised us into action. But the number of people on the street is still growing, writes Elaine Loughlin