TO THE STREETS AND SPEAK TO THOSE LIVING ROUGH

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Maryhill but had a row with an expartner and ended up out my house.

“What I do is more like busking. I rent a room above a pub if I make enough money but I haven’t the last couple of nights and have ended up sleeping in a tent.”

Last year we spoke to homeless Michelle, who sits outside TK Maxx on Sauchiehall Street. A year on, she’s still on the streets.

She said: “It was my 30th birthday in April and my friend Clare brought me cards and balloons to my spot here.

“I still get people saying nasty things but since my story was in the paper I get a lot more people being nice to me.

“I hope to get a job and tenancy but I’m depressed. I’m in contact with family but we’re seeing where we go.”

Figures show the number of people sleeping rough in Scotland has risen for the second consecutive year, this time by one per cent, and is up 10 per cent on two years ago. Scottish Labour’s housing spokeswoman Paul ine McNeil l said: “Rough sleeping has become a visible sign of a society failing people.”

Housing Minister Kevin Stewart said: “One person being made homeless is too many and tackling and preventing homelessness is a key priority for the Scottish Government.”

Official statistics publ ished in June revealed the 32 Scottish local

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SIGN OF THE TIMES Michelle pleads with passers by for help PICTURES Tony Nicoletti STREETS OF PAIN We took a walk Argyle along Street before turning left up Buchanan Street and then on to part of Sauchiehall Street. In that time, we encountere d 23 homeless people NO CHANGE A year after our first story on homeleness in Glasgow, Michelle still finds herself on the streets begging STRUGGLES Willie Hamilton sits outside Princes Square on Buchanan Street