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Needles, bonfires and rooting through bins: Life at the city centre apartment buildings where homeless people keep breaking in

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were sleeping or taking drugs in basements and stairwells.At that point, locks were changed, police stepped up patrols and said they were looking at CCTV to see if any crimes had been committed.It's fair to say policing of rough sleepers in Manchester city centre has evolved since then.Greater Manchester Police now works with the council and a range of other partners including the NHS, drug and alcohol services and the Department for Work and Pensions on an innovative project that aims to help people rather than prosecute them.Officers can refer people they find begging or committing other types of anti-social behaviour to the Street Engagement Hub, a building where they can get access to virtually every service they might need in one.

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