The article discusses harder for homeless beggars such as George to escape the streets due to the housing crisis and welfare cuts in Great Britain. Topics include not considering giving money to homeless beggars as an act of charity and George avoiding free hostels which are veritable cesspits of abuse; the book "The Autonomous City: a History of Urban Squatting, by Alexander Vasudevan and squatting providing buffer zone between the realm of commoditized place and utter houselessness.