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included More Than 28,000 people in the UK, sleeping rough in the 12 months, the research proposed by the BBC.

In England, five times as many rough sleepers were seen reported by councils in the year than the official figures, a one-night snapshot.

homelessness charity crisis, said the snapshot could not "hope to accurately determine the true extent" of the Problem .

The government said it is providing £500m this year to homelessness and rough sleeping services.

the New official numbers are released on Thursday but when the people slept rough in England on The One night, the snapshot survey was taken, a 2% year-on-year, however, by 165% over 2010.

But The Council reply to the BBC showed almost 25,000 people were recorded sleeping rough at least once in England during the last year to log.

The BBC did not ask the councils for The Number of people in the midst of concerns that in The Past year, the official one-night snapshot will give the full picture.

how is it on The Streets ? Nancy Webb has been in and out of the hostels for 10 Years

In Oxford, it was recorded 430 rough sleepers, while in 2019, and the count compared with 43 during the night. This meant The City had one of the highest rates of rough sleeping per household population outside of London.

For The Past 10 Years , Nancy Webb has been in and out of hostels.

"It is said to dehumanize," the 33-year-old. "It removes the chips, and to feel once you are homeless, you start caught and you go in a circle. "

Miss Webb said that she had been mugged by other homeless people.

"I spat and drinks had been thrown Over Me , and it is frightening," She Said . "I always try and hidden somewhere, if I have to be isolated on sleep, but even then it's not scary, because you want to, because this is terrifying, and you don't want to be, somewhere where people go to walk up to you, because that is terrifying. "

Stephen car homeless

Stephen car was for nine years has housed recently in an apartment, but said he spent most of the last ten years homeless.

"I was soaking wet in my Sleeping Bag , the said for nine years," he said.

He quicker access to Council housing for homeless people wants to see.

There are currently of 2,645 households on the list for Council waiting-houses in Oxford, 1,023 of whom are the existing tenants.

Jane Cranston, Chairman of the Oxford homeless movement, said: "One of the things that shocked me, a lot of these guys Coming In have jobs, so they are homeless, because properties are too expensive," She Said .

city Council, Linda Smith , Deputy leader of Oxford City Council, said The Number sleep on a single night, 30% had fallen since 2017.

"obviously There are still to many people sleeping rough in Oxford, but the reduction shows the hard work we and our partners have, over The Years ," She Said .

The Council is increasing expenditure on homelessness of £6m in the year £7. 4m to cover beds, showers, meals and support for people to find the negotiations with landlords and work.

There are also plans for the construction of 600 new Council houses.

Why are the numbers so high?

The government released figures for rough sleeping in the basis of The Number of people seen or estimated to be sleeping rough in each local authority in England on a night in autumn.

The BBC has asked the councils how many people sleep rough on any level 2019 - whether they slept rough once or several times - and, three-quarters answered with numbers.

Some councils, including Wigan and Doncaster, were not able to pay for The Number of people over the previous year.

Even among those who did, it was not possible to say how many of those added in may, also slept rough in another area. This means that there may be some people being counted More Than once.

In Wales, a total of 599 rough were sleepers, but the majority of the councils referred to Welsh Government statistics, instead of paying the whole year.

In Scotland, the 2,800 recorded came mainly from the housing applications in which people said they slept rough during the last three months.

The " Northern Ireland Housing Executive is only an estimate, based on a single night snapshot, if it took place in the 38.

In London Councils referred to CHAIN, a database managed by The Charity St Mungo's with the last full year figures 2018-19.

In the year 2019, the (OSR) said it expects the government to "plan for the better statistics on rough sleeping".

A spokeswoman for the OSR said, "hopes, is the inclusion of the enhanced guidance that defines clear, the limitations of the current annual snapshot approach in England".

Where were recorded the rough sleepers?

Central London has consistently the highest number of rough sleepers had. Outside the capital, Hastings the highest rates of persons per household population recorded.

Hastings Council said it had halved The Number of people sleeping rough on one night in 2018, down from 48 to 24. He said it had used the government funding in addition to the own money for new initiatives, including a team of health, Mental Health , substance dependence, social care and housing-specialist support for rough sleepers.

Nottingham City Council said it knew of 795 people slept rough between April and December of 2019, compared with 30 on a typical night.

city Council, Linda Woodings said The Number of homeless people had "certainly increased significantly," according to cuts and reforms in the social sphere, but hard to sleep in the Nottingham fell.

"the challenges remain, the people are not willing to put up With Us for access to the support available, to arrive a growing number of people who said from elsewhere and there is not enough affordable housing," councillor Woodings. "Also, while we are very successful in the tender for government grants, it is not enough to address the Problem properly, as it continues to grow. "

In Greater Manchester The Number , but the region's mayor, Andy Burnham , said that despite "real progress", there are still too many people on The Streets .

What are the call for charities and the councils?

Jon Sparkes, chief executive of crisis, said: "Rough sleeping is The Most brutal form of homelessness, but we don't sleep, or even a clear picture of how many people are forced to be on the roads during the whole year.

"While the current government statistics on rough sleeping are seen as a useful snapshot in time, based on the count of people in one evening, this can't hope to accurately determine the true extent of the Problem . "

The Local Government Association urged the government to restore The Local residential restore prices money.

housing spokesman councillor David Renard said local authorities needed The Power of a "renaissance in Council house building", and added: "the money councils are associated with increasingly spent on providing temporary accommodation, which means there is less for the homelessness other services. "

A government spokesman said: "We are committed to eliminating rough sleeping by the end of the Parliament and our efforts have already led to The First nationwide decline in a decade. "

"We are confident that our independent snapshot checked a good estimate of The Number of people sleeping rough on a given night. This year we have half a billion pounds to give to the councils and charities to support the homeless and rough sleeping services and people from the street for good. "

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Source of news: bbc.com