'The vulnerability on our streets is probably the highest it's ever been.'
A leading councillor in the fight against homelessness is to write to Executive Ministers to highlight the need for a city centre hub to help those vulnerable through rough living and addiction.
"And what we need is urgent intervention from both local and central government to look at better ways and getting more resources onto the streets to support those most vulnerable essentially. Paul is calling for a bigger vision on how to tackle the intertwine problems of the homeless, mental health and addiction crises."A night-time homeless connection or communication hub, so there'd be a central hub in Belfast that all the services would be connected to, that would cover the whole of the city so that's there's better communication and linkup between the services," he said.
"Belfast is quite often good when there is a tragedy and there is usually a good response, but we need more input from central government, to step in and prevent further deaths.He paid tribute to the young woman who had lost her life and offered his condolences to her grieving family.
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