Over the years, parts of the act have been repealed, though statutes covering “sleeping out” and begging are still in effect.

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

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

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

Tent cities could pop up across the UK as rough sleeping is decriminalised, critics of the policy say. Ministers have ...

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

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

The government is to scrap a 200-year-old law making rough sleeping a criminal offence in England and Wales. The Vagrancy Act ...

Decriminalising a 200-year-old law making rough sleeping an offence is "long-overdue", a charity has said. The government ...

The UK government announced on Monday that it plans to scrap a Georgian-era law that made 'rough sleeping' a criminal offense. The official statement promised to abolish the 200-year-old statute by ...

At the same time, the government has also tightened the "gateway" for those trying to access emergency housing, with the ...