And many of these vulnerable people are ex-servicemen. Daily Mirror, 13 January 2018;

Northern Ireland veteran Tony Hayes, 58, is now the chief ­executive of Veteran Assistance UK. He said: “Nearly all the homeless veterans we come across have PTSD or some form of mental health ­problem. Once they leave the Army, they lose their support structure. From our ­experience, the problem of homeless veterans has never been greater. I’d say 13,000 is a minimum – it could be far higher.”