Sean seems like a kind man. He remembers the day he became homeless. For nineteen months, Sean has been sleeping rough homeless in Center London. Sean's first day homeless was shortly after his wife and child died.

Trauma like Sean's experience can be devastating, resulting in a person losing everything and ending up homeless. Once on the streets, the trauma of homelessness and having to fight to survive creates a vicious cycle, making it even harder for a person to get out of homelessness. Added to that, available services, especially housing, are lacking.

Sean shares that a day sleeping rough is mostly walking. He says the public often thinks all they do is beg for money, but it's not like that. Sean continues how people spit on him and kick him.

London is now mostly cashless, which makes it harder for rough sleepers we are panhandling. We do not support begging for money, but as we share in this short animation about giving money to homeless people, often they don't have a choice but to beg for change    • The Truth About Giving Money to Homel...  

Sean ends this interview by saying: "I don't want the world. I just want to be happy."

In the United Kingdom, as it is in America, it's up to all of us to change policies to solve homelessness. Please contact your legislators today.

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Homeless Youth Sleeping Rough in London after Mother Died    • Homeless Youth Sleeping Rough in Lond...  

Natasha is 22 years-old and has been homeless, sleeping rough in London for 4 years    • Natasha is 22 years-old and has been ...  

Truth About Giving Money to Homeless People    • The Truth About Giving Money to Homel...  

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There is a direct correlation between what the general public perceives about homelessness and how it affects policy change. Most people blame homelessness on the person experiencing it instead of the increasing shortage of affordable housing, lack of employment, childhood trauma, lack of a living wage, or the countless reasons that put a person at risk. This lack of understanding creates a dangerous cycle of misperception that leads to the inability to effectively address the root causes of homelessness.

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