Stop Start Go has opened in a converted solicitors’ office in Cheetham Hill, north Manchester, following research that on average workers keep jobs for just two weeks after becoming homeless. There are now 10 times as many homeless people in Manchester as there were in 2010. He was the first person to move into one of Stop Start Go’s three studio flats, having been evicted from his home in Gorton, south Manchester, in late November. Getting a room at Stop Start Go was a huge relief. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the GuardianMaria Marsden set up Stop Start Go after carrying out research into the circumstances of homeless people in Manchester’s hostels.

Source: The Guardian January 02, 2018 16:59 UTC