After losing two loved ones, his job and his home within months, Guy* turned to 'the wrong people' for help. More than two years and a heart attack later, he had ulcers on his legs having been living in his car all that time, and was 'in a really bad way'.
He told the Manchester Evening News : "People seem to think that when it's homelessness, it's always drugs and alcohol, but it's not.
I made a couple of wrong decisions and I had a bit of a perfect storm. "My sister and my mum died. I lost my job and my house in the space of two months.
People made me promises and then reneged on them. READ MORE: 'Families worrying about how they’ll put food on their kids’ plates' - The reality of poverty in Greater Manchester in 2022 "I ended up in my car - just for a week, until I found somewhere to live.
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