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There are undoubtedly layabouts who sponge, but they are not usually the homeless, they are usually the ones with mobiles and cars and a family of similar persuasion. Homeless people are there for so many reasons, often heartbreaking. I have never been homeless but I am painfully aware that we are all just a heartbeat from it - a breakdown, job loss, relationship breakdown, and often for the young it is rooted in abuse at home. I have known many people who have experienced homelessness and there are few who would claim to want it and none who would claim to enjoy it. Picture this: you are out, it is cold, you turn to go home but there isn't a home to go to, no space to call your own, no patch of earth that can be called yours and which you can defend or do as you will with, no front door to shut against the elements and the crowd. Add to that the fact that you may be beaten or verbally abused every day, you are hungry and where are you going to get a drink of water or a cup of tea? Add to that the possibility that you are hearing an unpleasant voice in your head telling you you are rubbish and deserve it all. It is worth a thought.