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Brighton Man Alleges Eviction from St Patrick's Nightshelter for Suicide Bid
St Patrick's Nightshelter, HoveA Brighton man has alleged that staff at St Patrick's Nightshelter have evicted him on the grounds that he attempted to hang himself in his room. The man was recently...
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Brighton and Hove City Council Paying Nearly £600 a Week in Housing Benefit,...
In an interview with The Eye of a Needle, a couple who reside in different homeless hostels tell of their frustrations with Brighton and Hove City Council, and their aspirations to build a better life...
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Letting Agents Change Lock on Brighton Couple's Door While They Are Out
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with their privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon their honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the...
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Olympic Homeless Coming to Brighton
Is there anything more absurd than the Olympics?The Argus carried an interesting story yesterday concerning Brighton's increasing homeless community being caused by the grotesquely expensive efforts...
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The Eye of a NeedleYou’re down and out in BrightonSo now what you gonna do?Though there’s ‘To Let’ signs everywhereThis city’s got no room for youYou’ve got some cash But the agents they want more,...
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Welcome to the World of Mears Group Plc
The company with a stranglehold over Council housingThe Eye of a NeedleRecently, I visited a friend of George and Diane in her Council flat in Brighton. A young lady who suffers depression, having had...
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New Steine Mews: A Place of Change
A friend called Jason has been evicted from New Steine Mews in this the Octave of Christmas. In fact, he was evicted on New Year's Day.Part of the problem with Jason, well, in fact a great deal of the...
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Dealing with Lazarus
For quite a long time, I used to see a young man from our soup run sleeping at the back of the Church of Christ the King (CCK). In an alcove, he placed some cardboard boxes and would sleep there at...
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Brighton and Hove City Council and Mears Group: A Perfect Partnership
This is the handiwork and Council house maintenance work of Mears. I took these photos recently.Let me know what you think of their work.A woman I know was recently moved here by the Council...Nice...
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The Cruel Hypocrisy of Brighton Hostel Workers
Jason two years ago...Just recently I have been struck by the indifference and hypocrisy of some of the hostel workers in Brighton. In particular, New Steine Mews appears to be quite a case in...
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New Steine Mews: Update
I've just heard from Mr Evans that New Steine Mews refused Jason his clothes from his room two days ago because of what I wrote on my blog.I believe Jason because Jason didn't know I'd written anything...
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I've been sent this quite astonishing video by a reader which is worthy of attention and dissemination. You could be forgiven for thinking that maybe this council accommodation could do with some work....
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LGBT and Police Discrimination
I heard a fascinating account of a night out from someone who has in the past attended the Soup Run.The man in question went out for a night out with his friend who is a lesbian. The two decided to go...
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Methadone is Not 'The Fix' to Heroin Addiction
Coming off methadone is worse than coming off heroinA month or two ago someone I knew from Brighton's 17-19 Grand Parade, a terrible excuse for homeless provision that is known as 'temporary...
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The Man Imprisoned for Walking on the Wrong Street
A friend of mine is back in the slammer. His crime? Well, he was discovered walking on a street from which he is banned. This is one of the 47 streets in Brighton and Hove from which he is banned. He...
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How The Argus Destroyed the Reputation of a Faithful Priest
St Laurence of Rome distributes alms to the poorOn Thursday 5th September, Bill Gardner of The Argus wrote an astonishing article for the local newspaper that made its way into the national and then...
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Hearing Voices at Mill View Hospital
Mill View Hospital, HovePray for a friend of mine who has been sectioned. I've known this individual since about 2003. He is a baptised Catholic, despite being unable to drag himself away from the Book...
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The Eerie Co-incidence of Olympus House's Closure, Re-opening and the Arrival...
Brighton's hostels system: A veritable 'merry go-round'There has been much hype concerning the shipping containers that now adorn the New England Quarter of Brighton. The project has won media...
View ArticleAn Interview with a Resident at West Pier Project
An interview with a man called Daryl, on life at the West Pier Project, Brighton.For £180 a week rent, I am sure there are better places on the market.I wonder who the private owner of the West Pier...
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Banned from West Pier Project
I have incurred the displeasure of a homeless hostel in Brighton, from which I have been banned.Brighton's mysterious West Pier, after which the hostel is namedWest Pier Project, a Council ran...
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Alcohol, Street Drinking and the Rise of the New Puritans
We often take it for granted that an age and society that fosters moral relativism and that promotes hedonism will lay few, if any, curbs, restrictions or moral codes upon others. Debates that surround...
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Excellent Article on the BHT Shipping Containers Fiasco
Courtesy of Vice So, how did artist Charlie Devus come to call a 40-foot metal shipping container home? “In this place, we’re all God’s polyps.All of us flow according to the tides,” he explains, as he...
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Brighton Man Alleges Glenwood Lodge Evicted Him on False Grounds
Grand Parade, BrightonA Brighton man named Ben has alleged that Glenwood Lodge homeless hostel evicted him at the weekend on false allegations that he spat at one of the workers. The hostel in Grand...
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The Scandal of 17-19 Grand Parade, Baron Homes and Brighton and Hove City...
Princes House, BrightonResidents of 17/19 Grand Parade agreed to be interviewed about the living conditions of the “emergency temporary accommodation” of inner Brighton. Each resident interviewed has a...
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