Utilising empty homes, capping rents and fixing the benefits system would all help, but they’d require a serious fight In January 2017, the then mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, promised to end rough sleeping in the region by 2020 – a bold, frankly absurd promise that inevitably didn’t ...
Source: [Guardian Politics](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/22/andy-burnham-end-homelessness-empty-homes-capping-rents)