Over the years, parts of the act have been repealed, though statutes covering “sleeping out” and begging are still in effect.

Rough sleeping is to be decriminalised as the Government abolishes a 200-year-old law that made it illegal. The Vagrancy Act, ...

The government plans to scrap the Vagrancy Act and bring in laws to focus on crimes like organised begging by gangs.

The Vagrancy Act 1824 was introduced amid a spiralling homelessness crisis after the Industrial Revolution. Most of the act ...

A 200-year-old law criminalising rough sleepers is set to be scrapped. The Vagrancy Act, introduced in 1824 for punishment of ...

The Vagrancy Act that has criminalised rough sleeping in England and Wales for more than 200 years is finally set to be ...

Secret state government data has shown an alarming rise in rough sleeping across Adelaide’s suburbs – even as official ...

HUDDLED outside a luxury department store, a homeless man puffs on a suspicious-looking cigarette while young families hurry ...

More incidents of homelessness are playing out in public places in Victoria resulting in council facilities increasingly ...

The boss of a Blackpool homeless charity has said a plan to decriminalise rough sleeping on the streets of the seaside town ...

Advocates say a critical undersupply of housing has forced people onto the streets. But as more councils disperse homeless camps, rough sleepers are left with nowhere to go.

Brian Thiessen, the mayoral candidate under The Calgary Party banner, said the party's platform focuses on providing housing ...