Homeless crisis is wholly avoidable

Carol Tallon Talking Property If the state is not in a position to deliver a solution to the homeless, then it needs to get out of the way of the people who can

There have been many reasons to feel angry and frustrated and let down by the state in its response to housing over the past decade – many reasons – but this week, I find myself unable to breathe evenly as I write this. The frustration is overwhelming.

In the last week, together with a volunteer team of 65 people and businesses, coming mainly from the property and construction industries, we built a small ...