"“Many street beggars are addicts, yes,” Broomfield added. “Do addicts not deserve food?” (...) Don’t you feel… disgust? A city where luxury flats stand empty and desperate people shiver under railway arches."

they also evict traders from the arches
#homelessnes #crisis #shelter #propertymarket
#torylondon

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2018/11/how-london-became-city-where-luxury-flats-sit-empty-and-homeless-shiver-railway