A homeless man dies after freezing nights sleeping in a bin shelter. Maria Celia Salgado, a residents on the South End Close Estate alerted on December 12^th 2024 to Camden Council about a man staying in one of the bin sheds over the past couple of months when temperature plummeted to -3°C.  Camden Council’s social services visited him but no action was taken as he refused help. On Saturday 11^th January 2025, morning, one resident checked on him to discover that he  was “frozen”  and unresponsive, and soon called Ambulance, the paramedic s treated him at the scene and rushed to Royal Free Hospital, where he died later. His belongings hardly anything including a phone charger were still scattered in the bin on Sunday night, a bunch of white roses were left. Police were desperately trying to identify him.  “ The housing crisis has it London the hardest and we are seeing high numbers of homelessness and people sleeping rough. It is deeply concerning that members of community have to live on the streets. However we are doing all we can to address this, including investing more than £26million into our rough sleeping support and wider homelessness services, bu8ilding hundreds of new social homes and larger family homes. We are deeply saddened to hear this person’s death. Our condolences are with all who knew them” a Camden Council spokesperson said.

London is the epicentre of a national crisis – as homelessness is an injustice and has a devastating impact of individuals and families.

Rough sleeping has grown significantly in the capital, in the ten years since 2014, as rough sleeping has spiralled by 58 per cent.

A recent London Council’s report claims more than 183, 000 Londoners are estimated to be homeless and living in temporary accommodation arranged by their local borough including 90, 000 children.are doing all we can to address this, including investing more than £26million into our rough sleeping support and wider homelessness services, building hundreds of new social homes and larger family homes.

“We are deeply saddened to hear this person’s death. Our condolences are with all who knew them. The housing crisis has hit London the hardest and we are seeing high numbers of our community have to live on the streets. We are doing all we can to address this, into our rough sleeping support and wider homelessness services, building hundreds of new social homes and larger family homes, building more hostels and buying back homes for local people ” a Camden Council spokesperson said.