The suggestion that some of Norwich’s homeless have made their own choice to live on the streets is often met with disbelief and derision. “Absolute rubbish” and a “bigoted horrible suggestion.” But the homeless I spoke to insisted the decision to sleep rough was largely made of their own volition.

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Well, women generally maintain their social connections which is why they rarely end up sleeping on the streets even when officially homeless.

Women rarely think "I'm in a romantic relationship so that means I only have to phone my mother once every 6 months and can ghost all my friends because I don't need any of them now, I'm sorted."