Evicted, BBC1 this evening.
Moving and brilliantly informative programme about the plight of homeless families living in the UK today.
As much as it didn't fit in with some people's perceptions that all homeless people are prostitutes or drug addicts, this programme featured two families, one on Weston Super Mare, the other in Nottingham. Both families became homeless through no fault of their own, and were fighting to keep their children from going into care.
The children were amazing. Bright, funny, but sad because they didn't know were they would be from week to week, and also the councils wouldn't take responsibility for their education because they didn't have a fixed abode. Both sets of parents were examplary, considering the circumstances in which they found themselves. Though one mother found the situation so stressful she was tearing her hair out, literally.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pro...homeless.shtml
130,000 children of June this year are classed as homeless.
Thirty years have passed since Cathy Come Home, sadly it is still a problem for some.