Getting the homeless homed

People Fixing The World by BBC

Sep 8, 202623:39News & Politics

We visit two projects exploring practical responses to homelessness and housing insecurity. Presenter Myra Anubi travels to Edinburgh to see the work of Social Bite, a charity creating small communities of prefabricated...

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