i don’t know if anyone here has ever been homeless, but to those that are voting NO on the poll, if you were a homeless person, where would you go to sleep?

“A space for all” except homeless people? And you shouldn’t stereotype them all to be alcoholics and drug abusers.

i'm sure i've seen many homeless sleeping on a bench, and also drinking lots of booze as well

:idc:

There are plenty homeless shelter and charities that will help, no need to stink up public spaces and make women feel threatened

How are women threatened? I think that’s quite sexist to say that. My brother is currently homesless, and yes he was put into a hostel but a man who lived in the hostel threatened to kill him for accidentally using his milk so he was too scared to stay there and now lives on the streets. Why do you think things are so black and white?

And why do you think that a park should be violated by a few people. Its a park for people to enjoy and not to sleep in.

Its not hard to understand.

I have never been to a park and seen loads of homeless people sleeping there, using drugs and intimidating people. How is it harmful for people to sleep there overnight? If a non-homeless person goes to a park and feels threatened by homeless people they shouldn’t be in a park at that time.

And actually I see young people destroy parks and intimidate people a lot more than I have ever seen homeless people do.

true, but sometimes with graffiti they also create nice art in parks :love:

I don't have as much of an issue with these benches as I do with those horrific spikes that they put under sheltered areas.

A Bournemouth council spokesman said: “As a council, we need to maintain a careful balance between our responsibility to the wider public to ensure that amenities are available to them, and our duty of care to vulnerable members of our community, including people rough sleeping.

“Changes were made to a small number of benches in very specific locations in the town centre several months ago, and only following numerous complaints by members of the public and local traders. The complaints related to a number of the benches being unavailable to members of the public throughout the day due to people lying on them during the daytime.”

The council added it provided a “wide range of services for homeless people”, including 150 hostel beds and a “rough sleeper assertive outreach team”.

:clap1: Well done Bournemouth council

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-a8186121.html

these are public benches, not homeless benches. The fact that some homeless people try and sleep on them, doesn't mean that is what they are there for. Also there are many more homeless than single occupancy park benches, so its pointless anyway.

https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qim...3ec3d3837e80-c
http://littleatoms.com/sites/default...spikes-big.jpg

Yes those. ****ing disgusting tbh.

Id like to get some installed in the chat thread

Someone is a fan of platformers

No.
Those armrests make it easier for old or infirm people to get up.
Most parks I know of get locked up at night, so the homeless wouldn't have access to them.
I absolutely hate all those spikes:fist:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...anti-homeless/


Pop superstar Ed Sheeran, who spent nights sleeping rough on the streets of London early in his career, has won planning permission to install “anti-homeless” railings outside his £8m London home.

The 27-year old singer is now authorised to install pedestrian gates and cast iron railings outside his converted Victorian brickworks in Kensington and Chelsea, which will "prevent opportunities for rough sleeping" according to his planning agent.

good ol Ed :umm2:

No,Just because homeless people exist doesn’t mean things should be banned.

I’ve never actually seen a bench like that tbh.Must be in those posh Shires.

They look dangerous.I’d think they’ll go after a few people trip and make injury claims.

that’s actually what gave me the idea to make this thread

Yes... those benches make it to uncomfortable to have a make out sesh... or a cuddle with your lover... and we all know benches are for lovers

I like to rest my arm on them, so nah

Surely grass is more comfy than a bench in the summer...take them off for the winter cause no sane person sits on a cold bench.

Who was the former BB housemate who did a sponsored "homelessathon" for a week?