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To: Coventry City Council

Open up Coventry's empty buildings for Winter Shelter

Follow the lead of Manchester and open up empty buildings for homeless people this winter, whilst continuing to address the root causes of homelessness.

Why is this important?

Coventry has one of the highest rates of homelessness in the country, more than the national average. Despite this, we have the space that could house every homeless person in Coventry but bureaucracy stops the council doing just this!! It's inexcusable when we have so many empty buildings.

Coventry City Council - please open your empty buildings to the homeless in winter. Just a few years ago, there were fewer than 10 rough sleepers in Coventry on an average per night. If someone lives and works in the city, there's a good chance that they will see that many just on the way home now. Coventry City Council, you need to address the root causes of homelessness, however in the meantime, let's give rough sleepers some shelter at least over the frigid winter months.

Coventry

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Updates

2015-11-11 11:42:19 +0000

100 signatures reached

2015-11-10 18:20:55 +0000

50 signatures reached

2015-11-10 11:14:02 +0000

25 signatures reached

2015-11-10 00:13:29 +0000

10 signatures reached