The council is pursuing a court order to give it power to force people who are camped on the seafront without permission to remove their tents. Brighton and Hove City Council is seeking the order which will require owners of tents to remove them amid residents' concern over a growing number of encampments at Black Rock, Brighton, near the new development. Andy Winter, an expert on homelessness in the city, described the tents as "dangerous and unsightly" and said the encampment is "just the latest manifestation of the homelessness and rough sleeping crisis".
Two of the tents at Black Rock this week (Image: Submitted) READ MORE: Neighbourhood terrorised by people doing drugs and defecating outside The former chief executive of homelessness charity Brighton Housing Trust said: "Tents are not the answer to rough sleeping. They are a lose, lose, lose scenario. They are dangerous for those living in the tents which are often unsuitable for the British climate and people may have medical emergencies that remain untreated through lack of visibility.
"Tents are dangerous for outreach workers who have no idea what risks they might face when approaching tent-dwellers. And they are unsightly, not least in those areas that are being regenerated like at Black Rock. “Responsibility for these encampments sits directly with the last government which repeatedly promised to end rough sleeping by the end of the last parliament.
They failed miserably and the number of people sleeping rough inc.