They weren't built for the homeless, they were built for the public in general. Anyone who might need to go for any reason.
It's true that mandatory private provision of toilets in food and drink serving businesses has greatly reduced the need, as has people's tendency to drive everywhere. But really they were closed due to cost-cutting imposed on the councils.
(The number of homeless has ebbed and flowed depending on whether there was a Labour or a Conservative government)
It's true that mandatory private provision of toilets in food and drink serving businesses has greatly reduced the need, as has people's tendency to drive everywhere. But really they were closed due to cost-cutting imposed on the councils.
(The number of homeless has ebbed and flowed depending on whether there was a Labour or a Conservative government)