Social Problems
of the 'Coming in from the Cold' strategy published by the Rough Sleepers Unit,
which proposed and delivered a massive increase in the number of hostel bed
spaces in the capital and an increase in funding for street outreach teams, who
work with rough sleepers to enable them to access services.
Proposed solutions to homelessness
In 2007 urban designer and social theorist Michael E. Arth proposed a
controversial national solution for homelessness that would involve building
nearly carfree Pedestrian Villages in place of what he terms "the current band-
aid approach to the problem." A prototype, Tiger Bay Village, was proposed for
near Daytona Beach, FL. He claims that this would be superior for treating the
psychological as well as psychiatric needs of both temporarily and permanently
homeless adults, and would cost less than the current approach. It would also
provide a lower cost alternative to jail, and provide a half-way station for those
getting out of prison
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