Homeless crisis: 300 still live on street after five years

FIGURES from a homeless head count show almost 300 members of the capital’s homeless population have been out of home for more than five years.

The figures, to be verified, come as the Government has failed to meet its target of ending long-term homelessness by the end of 2010.

Details from the survey of homeless service users by the Homeless Agency last summer show that while 227 people said they had only been homeless for less than six months, 175 said they had been homeless for more than 10 years, with 123 people homeless for between five and 10 years.