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Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

A weekly programme looking at common challenges around the world and the creative ways people are trying to tackle them.

Presenter Myra Anubi speaks to reporters, experts and innovators to investigate how effective different solutions are, share their successes and inspire listeners with what is possible.

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People Fixing The World: The hotel for homeless people

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The hotel for homeless people

14/09/2021 GMT

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When the coronavirus pandemic hit, England’s rough sleepers were offered a place to live

When the coronavirus pandemic hit, England’s rough sleepers were offered a place to live.

What would happen if the government of a country decided to try to find everyone who was homeless and living on the streets and find a place for them to live?

That is exactly what happened in England as the coronavirus pandemic hit. The government says 90% of rough sleepers were offered rooms in hotels that sat empty because of the lockdown.

Simon Maybin spent the past year and a half following the lives of some of the people who came to live in a Holiday Inn hotel in Manchester.

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