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She said: \u201cIn truth, I don\u2019t know. That\u2019s one of the interesting things for me to find out over the last eight weeks that I\u2019ve been doing the job. We\u2019ve looked at the different cohorts, and in London the number of veterans who are rough sleepers is down to about 2%.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Commending the \u201camazing job\u201d done by armed forces charities, she went on to describe a second \u201cclassic\u201d reason for rough sleeping: coming out of prison with no support. \u201cIt\u2019s very difficult. We also have a real problem in London with people coming over [mainly from Europe] for jobs, sofa surfing with friends, and then the job changes and they have a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wheeler was visiting Turning Point Scotland\u2019s Housing First project, part of an\u00a0internationally successful model\u00a0that places the most entrenched rough sleepers in permanent housing before they deal with addiction, mental illness or other challenges. 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