Prince William launched a project on Monday to help end homelessness in the U.K. Princess Diana took her son to a homeless shelter when he was 11 and met 'extraordinary people.'
On Monday, the Prince of Wales presented a five-year plan to make homelessness in the United Kingdom"rare, brief and unrepeated."first took him to a housing shelter when he was 11."The visits we made, left a deep and lasting impression," he added.
Princess Diana meeting children during a visit to the Thomas Coram Foundation Homeless Children Project in January 1990. William aims to turn to countries who have nearly eliminated homelessness, such as Finland, to pave the way for people in crisis to receive permanent housing as a first step before trying to address other issues such as substance abuse, William said.
William announced the plan as rising rents and a shortage of affordable housing push more people into homelessness amid the biggest decline in living standards since World War II. Recent research indicates that more than 300,000 people throughout the U.K. have no permanent housing on any given night, including those who are sleeping on the streets, living in cars, staying in hostels or temporarily seeking help from family and friends, Homewards said.
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