
Rough sleeping in Newcastle significantly reduced under unique four year project
Former rough sleepers have praised 'Street Zero', which has pooled resources and expertise across the city to tackle homelessness.
Former rough sleepers have praised 'Street Zero', which has pooled resources and expertise across the city to tackle homelessness.
The region has been praised for its progress in tackling homelessness - but it did not meet its 'ambitious' target of completely ending all rough sleeping.
Many of those included in the figures had died in "unsafe, unregulated, tax-payer funded accommodation".