To plead to the Council to open its empty buildings to the homeless in winter. I cannot imagine sleeping rough in driving, biting winds, snow, ice and winter rain. It's inhumane. It's also inexcusable when we have so many empty buildings.

We all have so many issues and views which are important to us, but how many of us take for granted our warm shelter? It is too easy to close our doors and forget about the people who, for a multitude of reasons, have none. Let's try and give those less fortunate than us, the very basic human right of shelter this winter. Why does this even need to be asked for?

Many homeless people out there are homless while there are adequate empty houses to house them but are stunted by red tape and Bureaucracy.

To plead to the Council to open its empty buildings to the homeless in winter. I cannot imagine sleeping rough in driving, biting winds, snow, ice and winter rain. It's inhumane. It's also inexcusable when we have so many empty buildings. Ideally it should be year round, but definately over winter.

To plead to the Council to open its empty buildings to the homeless in winter. I cannot imagine sleeping rough in driving, biting winds, snow, ice and winter rain. It's inhumane. It's also inexcusable when we have so many empty buildings. I'm not asking for permanent shelters; just somewhere warm and dry for our homeless to sleep in winter.

People with no home, exposed to the elements this winter will get sick and could die. There are empty buildings serving no purpose. Let's give them a purpose

There are too many homeless rough sleeper in Crawley that cannot access accommodation at Crawley open house, because they don't have enough space, it's socially difficult for them or they do not fit the criteria. Let's not abandon homeless people when they need help the most to escape the cold.

This will combat two problems this winter, putting empty buildings to good use, and more importantly, ensuring that no man, woman or child will have to endure a cold and dangerous winter on the streets.

To save people living on the streets from illness, death and to enable local community and unity while safeguarding streets at the same time.

to prevent deaths and to prove we care about the wellbeing of all citizens

everyone deserves a home

This is the single most important issue in the world, as it is the first step to fixing all other issues. Because if governments were honest, with only the interests of their own citizens at heart, then at least 50% of the campaigning done here would not be necessary, giving more time and funds to concentrate on the remaining problems around the world. There has been far too much (proven) crime and corruption in our government for many years, but it seems that they are above the law and untouchable, having very rarely received any punishment. I believe that this is wrong. I think that those that are trusted with a position of power should face much tougher penalties than average individual when that power is abused. The government needs to be FULLY open and honest, without hidden agendas or secret meetings behind closed doors. Stop changing laws to suit only themselves, making it almost impossible to remove them from power - even when proven to be corrupt. Government should be held accountable for its mistakes and crimes and there should be processes in place to follow this through and remove them from power where necessary. The people seem to have forgotten, our government was put there to serve us, not the other way around!