Create new 'Homeless Imposter Act', to make masquerading as homeless illegal.

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Create new 'Homeless Imposter Act', to make masquerading as homeless illegal.

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Make illegal, anyone in receipt of housing benefit, to receive money or shelter allocated to homeless people. Some opportunists receiving housing benefit, masquerade as homeless, and receive food & sleep in homeless night shelters, where places are limited, so genuine homeless people are turned away

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Some opportunists in receipt of housing benefit, collect £100 in a day by calling out to passers-by in front of tube stations in places such as Mayfair, Chelsea and Kensington. As a result, 'donations' aren't getting to the genuine homeless, who often lack sufficient confidence to beg so aggressively in such lucrative positions on the street. Passers-by are conned into parting with their money, whilst these opportunists commit benefit fraud as they sell 'being pitied' on the street.

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