Over 40% drop in rough sleepers as more seek help with more outreach and shelters

SINGAPORE – Fewer people are sleeping on the streets here as more shelters have opened and there is greater awareness and willingness to use them.

While Covid-19 led to a spike in homelessness, it also rallied various groups to increase outreach and help to such individuals, said community volunteers, and the result is a better situation today compared with before the pandemic.

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