isn’t this more reason to use the term homelessness? people who are homeless but don’t rough sleep still do need help finding a home. like obviously solving rough sleeping means giving them a home, not finding them a friend’s sofa to sleep on?
I guess they’re specifically looking at rough sleeping, as it’s one of the very visible manifestations of homelessness - both easier to track who needs support - and from a political perspective, easier to tell people you’ve solved it.
Wider homelessness is a much larger issue, harder to solve and harder to prove that you’re “doing well at it”.
isn’t this more reason to use the term homelessness? people who are homeless but don’t rough sleep still do need help finding a home. like obviously solving rough sleeping means giving them a home, not finding them a friend’s sofa to sleep on?
I guess they’re specifically looking at rough sleeping, as it’s one of the very visible manifestations of homelessness - both easier to track who needs support - and from a political perspective, easier to tell people you’ve solved it.
Wider homelessness is a much larger issue, harder to solve and harder to prove that you’re “doing well at it”.