Rough sleeping and overcrowding figures prompt calls for action

The report says 4,677 people were counted or estimated to be sleeping on the streets in England.Campaigners have called for renewed action to tackle Britain’s housing crisis after official figures indicated a surge in rough sleeping in England’s cities, coupled with record number of families living in overcrowded homes.Charities said welfare cuts, soaring rents and shortages of affordable homes were behind steep rises in street sleeping in London, Birmingham, and Manchester.