This week on Dezeen, the UK government launched a network of homelessness hubs, we spoke to London's rough sleepers, and Berlin's nightclubs opened their doors to rough sleepers.
Dezeen interviewed rough sleepers living in tents outside the Heal's and Habitat design stores in central London, to share their stories at a time when homelessness in the UK has doubled in five years.
Charities have blamed austerity policies and the housing crisis for the spiking numbers, but the British housing minister refuted these claims this week, saying drug addiction and family breakdown were to blame.
"Most people are one pay cheque away from where I am" says homeless man who sleeps outside HabitatThe UK government is giving £4.8 million of funding towards 11 Somewhere Safe to Stay hubs around the country to provide on the spot assessments and specialist services. In Berlin, a nightclub owner is working with German social services to open the door to two of their venues for people in need of a warm and dry place to sleep during the cold winter months.
Elon Musk gives first look at Boring Company tunnelA report from engineering firm WSP has suggested that London's housing crisis could be alleviated by building over railway tracks in the capital.
In other transport news, tech entrepreneur Elon Musk gave the world the first glimpse of his Boring Company's tunnel network, driving his Tesla through a test tunnel underneath Los Angeles.
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