- [Interviewer] Sean.
- Yes.
- [Interviewer] We're here in London.
You're sleepin' rough, you're 19.
Tell me about it.
- What do you want,
what I just told you before?
My dad died a year and a half ago,
and my mom got depressed, starting drinking a lot more,
taking sleeping pills.
That progressed-- - [Man] Someone said to give
this to you, here.
- Thank you. - Okay.
- Thank you.
She started getting even more depressed
and she started leading onto drugs and yeah.
Two months ago, she got really bad
and was put into hospital for a week.
And then she come back out, and four weeks ago she died,
and two weeks ago I got kicked out of the flat.
Just because I couldn't pay the rent, so.
- My gosh, what was your first night of homelessness like?
- Absolutely horrible.
(laughs)
Yeah.
It was horrible.
I woke up and my shoes had been stolen.
Like, I didn't know the rules of sleeping outside.
Apparently there's rules, like you go--
- [Interviewer] Your shoes were stolen.
- Apparently you gotta--
There's rules for sleeping outside.
You gotta have your shoes as a pillow.
Otherwise they get stolen, yeah.
(laughs)
- [Interviewer] Oh my gosh.
- It's ridiculous.
- [Interviewer] And you're just telling me
people walk by and, blame you for being on drugs.
- Pretty much, yeah.
It's kind of the unforeseen fact,
that everyone that walks past you
that doesn't know about homelessness
seems to believe that you're there
because you're either on drugs or drink.
Pretty much, what every one around here assumes.
- [Interviewer] What does it feel like
with all these people walking by?
(laughs)
- Don't know.
I don't really know how to describe it.
Like--
It's, kind of no compassion in the world.
It's what I'd say.
Yeah, don't know.
It's just, shit isn't it?
- [Interviewer] Well the one gentleman
came by with a couple of pounds twice, so, that was good.
- First time all day.
I've been set here for two hours so far here.
- [Interviewer] People think that when you're
begging for change, you make all kinds of money.
- Yeah.
Really not true.
(laughs)
That is really, well, it might be but it certainly
isn't the case for me.
(laughs)
- [Interviewer] Well I don't know anybody, that makes--
Plus it's not something you wanna do.
Sit here and-- - No.
- And have people walk by and--
It's just a horrible
way to survive.
- Yeah, I didn't really plan on being out here,
to be honest.
- [Interviewer] I don't think anybody does.
Is anybody helping you?
- Like I said, there's a hotel that I get a reduced rate
of a room each night.
That's about the only help I get, yeah, but.
- [Interviewer] Otherwise there's no homeless service
that's coming by-- - No.
Not at the moment.
- [Interviewer] I was talking to the couple down there
and they've been out here two months, and she's pregnant.
They're in the same spot every night.
- Yeah, oh them two down there?
- [Interviewer] Yeah yeah.
- Yeah.
- [Interviewer] What would you want people to know,
house people, to know about homelessness
that they probably don't know?
- I don't know, to be honest.
Don't have a clue.
- [Interviewer] If you had three wishes, what would they be?
- Not to be homeless, have a job,
for my mom to still be here.
- [Interviewer] Three wishes.
Thank you very much for talking.
- No worries.
Thank you for stopping and speaking.
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