0:00:02 > 0:00:03Soak me!
0:00:03 > 0:00:07Having nowhere to go but to live on the streets is a last resort,
0:00:07 > 0:00:11and there are many reasons why people end up sleeping rough.
0:00:11 > 0:00:12I'm in bits!
0:00:14 > 0:00:17I'm film-maker Chris Rushton and together with Tracy Harris,
0:00:17 > 0:00:21over a period that spans three years we have followed
0:00:21 > 0:00:24the plight of the homeless in Swansea.
0:00:24 > 0:00:28It's no fun at all. Honestly now. No fun.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33Now, we want to understand the difficulties many homeless
0:00:33 > 0:00:37people face when they try to break out of the cycle of homelessness.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39I haven't been to bed since I got out of jail, do you know what I mean?
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Get out of jail and then they expect you to stay on the streets.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44I don't make sense.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46We wanted to find out what had happened to some of those
0:00:46 > 0:00:50we'd filmed in the most desperate circumstances...
0:00:57 > 0:01:01..and to discover if those trapped on the streets by alcohol
0:01:01 > 0:01:04and drug addiction can change their lives for the better.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Swansea is like many other towns
0:01:14 > 0:01:17and cities where homelessness is on the increase.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Since we began filming here in 2011,
0:01:22 > 0:01:25there's been a dramatic increase in people asking for
0:01:25 > 0:01:27help from the charities that provide food
0:01:27 > 0:01:30and shelter for those with nowhere to go.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33We'd kept in touch with many of those we'd met over the past
0:01:33 > 0:01:36three years, including one of our favourite characters.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- Paul Bell my name is. - Paul Bell.- Yeah.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48- I'm feral, you know the word feral? - Yeah.- What does that mean?
0:01:48 > 0:01:53- Is that a sweater, Fair lsle?- No, it means when you live off the land.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57Paul was unique, the only one we'd heard of who spent his life
0:01:57 > 0:02:00drifting from place to place all around Britain.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02This is where I sleep.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09He left Swansea and wandered all around the south-east
0:02:09 > 0:02:12of England, as far as Canterbury,
0:02:12 > 0:02:15through one of the harshest winters on record.
0:02:17 > 0:02:22'Then, in July 2013, after 11 months on the road,
0:02:22 > 0:02:24'he re-appeared in Swansea.'
0:02:24 > 0:02:26How are we this morning?
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Splendiferous and full of frivolity.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Now Paul is approaching his 50th birthday.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34I'm getting on a little bit now.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35My legs are going.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39I can't walk like I used to.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42And to me, Swansea is my home.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49He'd only been back for two weeks and he had a surprise for us.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Come in, this is my domain.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56He'd got a shared flat, a private rental.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00This is my bed at the moment.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05There's my TV, my lamp, but this is the interesting bit, out here.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09This is our balcony.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13What more could you ask for?
0:03:13 > 0:03:16But despite his good fortune, he wasn't coping with four walls
0:03:16 > 0:03:18and a front door.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Living here is a different sort of challenge,
0:03:21 > 0:03:23which I'm not used to
0:03:23 > 0:03:27and I find living here or anywhere...scary.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32I can sit in front of the TV all day and watch TV,
0:03:32 > 0:03:34playing music...whatever.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37It's not what I want.
0:03:39 > 0:03:40I want to be outside.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44It worried me that he wasn't settling in.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48He couldn't go wandering and carry all the kit that he needed to
0:03:48 > 0:03:52survive like he used to because of his declining health.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03New faces appear on Swansea streets all the time
0:04:03 > 0:04:06and Barry is the latest addition.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08That light's bright today.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11For some reason, unbeknown to me, he carries a fishing rod.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Recently released from prison, he went to his home town
0:04:15 > 0:04:20in the valleys of South Wales, hoping to stay close to his family.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23The authorities in the valleys refused to help him,
0:04:23 > 0:04:25so he decided to come here to Swansea.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Now Barry has teamed up with Dean.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33Both are set on blanking out the realities of living on the streets.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35I want to get pissed, don't get me wrong,
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- I need to get the night over with.- Excuse me.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41But I don't want cider cos it just rips you to pieces.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42It does rip you to pieces, boy.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- Does it?- Yeah.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Just get me a can for now, we'll get more in a minute.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49It's 24/7, isn't it?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52So we can stop here at any time, so we'll be all right.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54It's Barry's second night of freedom
0:04:54 > 0:04:57since serving three years in jail, where drink isn't allowed.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00I'm fresh out of jail
0:05:00 > 0:05:03and I've got to go back to the drink cos I've got nowhere to live
0:05:03 > 0:05:06and I want to take away all of the pain and the problems I've got.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Without having to realise it, do you know what I mean?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10It's hard but that's the only thing I know.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Every time I get out I just start drinking again,
0:05:13 > 0:05:14do you know what I mean?
0:05:14 > 0:05:18His friend, Dean, is already the worse for wear.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22I'll be that way soon, give me what...a month?
0:05:23 > 0:05:26And now Barry's also on a slippery slope.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Now, he's ready to look for somewhere to sleep tonight.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35What are you going to do? Coming with me, bruv?
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Bruv, Dean? Dean? Coming?
0:05:41 > 0:05:46- I'll be sat right by here, sir. - Don't fancy it? I'm going anyway.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Dean sleeps where he passes out,
0:05:49 > 0:05:52whilst Barry heads off to find somewhere out of the way
0:05:52 > 0:05:54where it's safer to spend the night.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01After three years of filming homeless people,
0:06:01 > 0:06:05I'd realised that for many of those living on the streets,
0:06:05 > 0:06:08trying to change their lives was extremely difficult.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11And that finally getting somewhere to live wasn't always
0:06:11 > 0:06:14the solution to their deep-rooted problems.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Paul had moved back indoors after 30 years on the road.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25But he could never escape the bad memories of his childhood.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28His father used to beat him
0:06:28 > 0:06:32and when he was 14 drove him from the family home.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34And that's when Paul hit the road.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38Over the years he's lost contact with his family.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Paul wanted to find out what had happened to his mother
0:06:42 > 0:06:45and sisters and he needed our help.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Tracy and I trawled the internet
0:06:48 > 0:06:51and now we had something to show him.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55- I've got a family out there.- Exactly.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57There's my sister.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00HE LAUGHS
0:07:00 > 0:07:01My sister.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04I can't believe it!
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Blew my mind, you have.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09The internet is a mystery to Paul.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14- You all right?- Thank you.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16It's all right.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19He asked us to send his sister, Lynn, a message.
0:07:19 > 0:07:25- He says...?- I love her, I miss her, please contact me.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34But we also discovered that Paul's mum had died.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37And now we had to tell him the bad news.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45HE SOBS
0:07:49 > 0:07:51- My mum.- I know.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Never got the chance to say I'm sorry.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02You've done it to her cos you've
0:08:02 > 0:08:04said it to her and that's, you know,
0:08:04 > 0:08:07that's the best thing you could have done, you know.
0:08:07 > 0:08:12- Oh, Jesus Christ!- You made that contact, haven't you?- Yeah...my mum.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13I know.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22There was no reply from the message we sent and as the weeks
0:08:22 > 0:08:26went by Paul's hope of renewing contact with his sister faded.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33He tried settling in Swansea but after nine weeks in his flat,
0:08:33 > 0:08:36he'd had enough and he set off on yet another journey.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43For a few weeks Paul kept in touch but then his phone went dead
0:08:43 > 0:08:45and we lost contact.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Barry's problems began ten years ago.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55After a relationship breakdown he started drinking
0:08:55 > 0:09:00and taking drugs, which led to him getting into trouble with the law.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03But there was a time when he was up-and-coming.
0:09:03 > 0:09:09From the age of 18 till the age of 21, I worked on security, erm,
0:09:09 > 0:09:12I started getting in trouble when I was about 22.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Once I left her, I went off the rails and I was still young,
0:09:15 > 0:09:17so I went wild.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26I discovered that Barry stayed in his sleeping bag
0:09:26 > 0:09:28for most of the day.
0:09:28 > 0:09:29Can't get a place.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31I will get a place, it's just waiting list now
0:09:31 > 0:09:35because I've got to get into a hostel, haven't I?
0:09:35 > 0:09:39But I ain't priority, see, because I'm not from the area, so...
0:09:39 > 0:09:42You know, eventually they'll get me a place
0:09:42 > 0:09:45but till then I'm in a sleeping bag.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48As long as I'm warm and I'm fed, I'll be all right.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53He told me that he'd been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia,
0:09:53 > 0:09:55a lifelong mental illness.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Without medication, this condition can lead to suicidal behaviour.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04I hear voices and I suffer with paranoia
0:10:04 > 0:10:08but it doesn't get rid of it, the problem,
0:10:08 > 0:10:12it just helps you concentrate and try and think clearer.
0:10:12 > 0:10:17Slows you down as well, so you're not reacting so fast to things.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27Astonishingly, over half of those who are on the streets suffer
0:10:27 > 0:10:31from mental illnesses, which often go untreated.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Alcoholism too goes hand in hand with homelessness,
0:10:37 > 0:10:40either as a reason for becoming homeless in the first place
0:10:40 > 0:10:42or as an escape from the stress of it.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Over the years, I'd learnt much about both from homeless,
0:10:47 > 0:10:49lifelong alcoholic Tim.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53When was the last time you've seen it like this?
0:10:53 > 0:10:57He got through last winter with the help of his friend, Scott.
0:10:59 > 0:11:00I haven't made it properly, though.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Haven't put it on properly.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06I am not a tramp, I'm a bum.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09What are you trying to say? A bum is bum who just bums around.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12We're not tramps, we're just bums.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14I am a tramp...and a bum.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18Don't insult me like that, now! THEY LAUGH
0:11:22 > 0:11:26Now, ten months later, Tim was in exactly the same spot.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Oh, you're back again!
0:11:31 > 0:11:32My friends!
0:11:33 > 0:11:35I'm OK, lady, thank you.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40I'm always OK.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45But Tim isn't OK. Alcohol has take its toll.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47I've got six months to live.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53- Really?- Yeah, I was in Morriston Hospital.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Yeah, but I don't worry things about that.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Three weeks ago, Tim collapsed on the streets.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07I'm aching in pain.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11He was coughing up blood and was taken to hospital,
0:12:11 > 0:12:13where he was kept in for eight days.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17He told us that the doctors found
0:12:17 > 0:12:21that he had an untreatable alcohol-related disease.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25At the start, it depressed me.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31But now I know I can't do nothing about it.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40I have to be a man about it.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42A man or a mouse?
0:12:43 > 0:12:45I ain't going to be a mouse.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57But because of his poor health, one of the housing charities has
0:12:57 > 0:13:00fast-tracked him into sheltered accommodation.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04So, I was puzzled why he still sometimes sleeps on the streets.
0:13:08 > 0:13:13It's 7.30am and Tim's back in his favourite spot again.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Piece of shit!
0:13:30 > 0:13:32That's getting on my nerves.
0:13:33 > 0:13:34Soak me.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39You get paid,
0:13:39 > 0:13:41I don't get paid. Look!
0:13:43 > 0:13:47Despite the harsh realities of street life, Tim prefers it
0:13:47 > 0:13:49to life indoors -
0:13:49 > 0:13:53it's not uncommon amongst those who have slept rough for a long time.
0:13:55 > 0:14:00Another of the street drinkers we filmed last winter was Andy.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07He's been sleeping rough on and off for over 15 years.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Are you aware this is an alcohol excluded area?
0:14:10 > 0:14:13The police routinely issue street drinkers with
0:14:13 > 0:14:17a section 27 order, banning them from the city centre.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20I'm directing you to leave the area for 12 hours, yeah.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22You need to leave straightaway.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23The guy's a joke.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27All he can do is pick on people, do you know what I mean?
0:14:27 > 0:14:29I can't handle this life no more.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Last February, he got the chance of a lifetime -
0:14:32 > 0:14:36a place in supported housing where he could tackle his addiction.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Most importantly it was in Yorkshire,
0:14:38 > 0:14:41well away from the influence of his drinking pals.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45Yes, I'm scared, but at the end of the day, I've got to do it.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48I'm off to rehab! Take care, boys.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52- You all right? Good to see you.- Thank you very much.- Good luck, Andy.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Take care, man!
0:14:54 > 0:14:57The bus took Andy to Rotherham, where his rehab began.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04In November, I was surprised that Andy had returned to Swansea.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07I met him at one of the drop-in centres, where eight months ago
0:15:07 > 0:15:09he'd been encouraged to go to rehab.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13I've seen the footage myself and when I actually watch myself, I was crying.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Especially that part where I had a section 27 on the DVD last time
0:15:17 > 0:15:20and I seen that part when I'm walking down the road saying,
0:15:20 > 0:15:23"Forget this, I've hit rock bottom. I want to get out of this."
0:15:23 > 0:15:25And then day I jumped on that minibus,
0:15:25 > 0:15:27that was the part that hit me the most.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37Four days later, I was out on the streets in the early hours.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57I got here last night about...flipping hell,
0:15:57 > 0:16:00I'd say it was about 11 o'clock-ish.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Found myself some lovely pieces of cardboard down there,
0:16:03 > 0:16:04nice and dry.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Got this one, took it over the top of me, bang!
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Good night, Irene, I went to sleep.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16Andy did six months in rehab but now he's right back where he started.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26He's not proud that he's drinking again and puts on a front.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Hello, how are you?
0:16:30 > 0:16:35A Swansea homeless charity brings hot food to anyone sleeping rough.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Take it, in case we haven't got any left, yeah?
0:16:39 > 0:16:41But after four nights on the streets,
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Andy's keen to get indoors.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45There may be a room going today, I don't know.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Last week they said there might be a room going on the Monday.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51- Find out for me, will you?- Yeah, they normally phone me and Zaks.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53His past records with some of the hostels may prevent him
0:16:53 > 0:16:55from getting a place.
0:16:55 > 0:16:56Am I still banned or what?
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Yeah, but that's irrelevant. If you're banned, that will
0:16:59 > 0:17:01have to be looked at again, won't it, Andy?
0:17:01 > 0:17:04- You're not banned from Paxton Street. - No, no, no, I'm not banned from St Matthew's either.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08- So, if there's a room, we'll try and get you an interview down there today...yeah?- Cheers.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11But Andy didn't manage to put his name down,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13so missed out on the chance of a bed.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19I discovered that living on the street can be as stressful
0:17:19 > 0:17:21as being a refugee
0:17:21 > 0:17:25and many homeless people suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Barry's beginning to feel the pressure that
0:17:28 > 0:17:33comes from sleeping rough and being constantly insecure.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Compared to how he was when he was first released from prison
0:17:36 > 0:17:39a week ago, he's become withdrawn.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42It's not the first time he's been homeless
0:17:42 > 0:17:45and he's aware that drinking won't solve his problems.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47I can feel myself getting pulled in by it,
0:17:47 > 0:17:50so...I've had a couple of days off, about two days now.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54I have had a drink, yesterday I think it was
0:17:54 > 0:17:58but not...getting pissed, like.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01I reckon if I use my head I should be off the streets within
0:18:01 > 0:18:03a month and a half.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Takes about a month and a half,
0:18:05 > 0:18:08as long as you keep going to access points
0:18:08 > 0:18:12and accessing rooms and just keep on and on and on.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Keep going to interviews, keep going to interviews,
0:18:14 > 0:18:16keep going to interviews, you know.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18You'll get there but it just takes time.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Andy, though, can't stay away from drink.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27In rehab, he did six months without drinking
0:18:27 > 0:18:31and even enrolled on a college course whilst he was in Rotherham.
0:18:34 > 0:18:40But the temptation, when he went for an after class drink, was too great.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42I picked up my first pint of shandy, I thought
0:18:42 > 0:18:46"I'll have a shandy just to," you know, "shandy's not going to hurt."
0:18:46 > 0:18:48So I drank that and then that,
0:18:48 > 0:18:51after seeing everyone else having a good time, that was it.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54I bought my first pint of cider.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57And I knew then, from then, once I had that,
0:18:57 > 0:18:59it was going to go further.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03I had about five pints and basically after that,
0:19:03 > 0:19:05erm, I got hammered.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07I was drunk.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10And just couldn't wait forward then to the next one.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15Now, Andy's addiction to alcohol rules his life
0:19:15 > 0:19:18and he is trapped, living on Swansea's streets.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27The November rain has had one beneficial effect -
0:19:27 > 0:19:32Tim didn't sleep on the streets last night, it drove him to seek shelter.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36- The rain was wicked.- Oh, was it?
0:19:36 > 0:19:40I wouldn't know, I'm up in my room, my flat now.
0:19:40 > 0:19:45- Up by the train station.- Nice! Awww, so it's going well, yeah?
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- Yeah.- Oh, good, I'm glad.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- Take care, young lady. - You take care too. Bye!
0:19:51 > 0:19:52He was given the flat
0:19:52 > 0:19:56because he has a life-threatening alcohol-related illness.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00Yet, most nights he stays out with the other street drinkers.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Tim can't get used to having a place of his own.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12You opened it. You'd already done it.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15His support worker, Tom, catches up with him and wants to know
0:20:15 > 0:20:19why he's missed a meeting about his health centre appointments.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21And as well, on Friday,
0:20:21 > 0:20:23we kind of did make a few arrangements as well, didn't we?
0:20:23 > 0:20:27- To do a few things.- Yes.- And they're pretty important.- I need to.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28We didn't see the nurse.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30You didn't go and see the nurse on Friday.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32I got an injection there, man.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35- I know you got the injection on Monday.- Oh, and I hate them.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38If you need to go off like you did, Tim, it doesn't matter either,
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- does it?- Yeah, but I have to tell people about it.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42Yeah, I would like you to let me
0:20:42 > 0:20:47know that you're going to go on a little journey or whatever.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51- Just so we know where you are.- I walk the streets, I don't mind that.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54- But not sleeping on the streets. - Yeah, but come back here.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Come back here, just to have a safe night's sleep.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58- I'll see you later on. - I'll see you later on.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01- If not, I'll see you at quarter past eight in the morning.- OK.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03- See you later.- Take care.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Andy continues to hit the bottle.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18After he walked out of rehab in Rotherham,
0:21:18 > 0:21:22he lived on the streets there and he had run-ins with the law.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25The police paid for me to come back here.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29The police in Rotherham paid for me
0:21:29 > 0:21:31to come back to Swansea...they did.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33115 quid.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Six days I've been back in Swansea, six days.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39- What's it been like?- Feel shit!
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Yes, all right, I'm under the influence.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47I am a bit drunk. I'm back to square one, like I used to be.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51For the first time, I get a sense that he regrets quitting rehab.
0:21:51 > 0:21:57Am I doing something really wrong? I mean, or...am I just being who I am?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01I haven't got a clue. I don't know.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05- Not a very nice feeling. - And that man there...
0:22:08 > 0:22:10..knows I'm in bits!
0:22:12 > 0:22:13Yes, he is.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19I can understand, I know the way he feels but...
0:22:25 > 0:22:27It's an awful feeling...
0:22:31 > 0:22:34..to feel the way he's feeling now.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Come on!
0:22:37 > 0:22:39We're staying here, we're staying here, we're staying here.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42No, we're going into the flat.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46But before Tim can take Andy back to his flat, there is
0:22:46 > 0:22:48a small matter of a lost door key.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51It's been a while, has it?
0:22:51 > 0:22:54- OK, well, I'll let you in now. - Quite embarrassed.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57So, one of the support workers has to let them in.
0:22:57 > 0:22:58There you are, right.
0:23:03 > 0:23:04- Thank you very much.- All right?
0:23:04 > 0:23:07- There you are.- Thank you.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11Tim's not allowed overnight guests but Andy stayed over
0:23:11 > 0:23:14and the consequences were disastrous.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18In the early hours, the residents were
0:23:18 > 0:23:23awoken by the sound of a fire alarm and smoke coming from Tim's room.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29A pizza box had been set alight and the fire brigade were called.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32The fire was brought quickly under control.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36It was an isolated incident which Andy regrets.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39I was that drunk and I always do stupid things.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42I just sort of went too far, I think.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44It could have been a lot worse.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47The whole place could have gone up. I'd be in jail, then, for arson.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49I should have got arrested really but I never,
0:23:49 > 0:23:52so...it was a very stupid thing to do.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55And I still do feel bad about it.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58The incident cost Tim dearly.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Say sorry.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03It was so serious they had no alternative but to evict him,
0:24:03 > 0:24:07even though Tim is ill and badly needs to be indoors.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12He blames Andy for the loss of his flat.
0:24:12 > 0:24:18He got me, being quite honest and truthful,
0:24:18 > 0:24:21kicked out of my room.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25My TV, my digibox...
0:24:25 > 0:24:29and you know, ye seen it.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32With nowhere to go, Tim is philosophical
0:24:32 > 0:24:37and with winter on its way, sleeping rough becomes ever tougher.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41He knows that one of these nights he may never see the day break.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45I just...
0:24:45 > 0:24:49I bless myself every night
0:24:49 > 0:24:52and I say prayers to my family.
0:24:52 > 0:24:58But when it's going to happen, I can't stop it. I can not stop it!
0:25:12 > 0:25:16But there are consequences for Andy as well.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20He will find it difficult to get a place in a hostel,
0:25:20 > 0:25:22so he's teamed up with Barry.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26With the winter weather beginning to bite,
0:25:26 > 0:25:28they're desperate to get out of the cold.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32So now they're trying to get a private rented property
0:25:32 > 0:25:34and they're off to view a place.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Barry's happy to take anything.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39I don't care, I don't really want to see it, I just want to sign for it.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41What do you mean, you just want to sign for it?
0:25:41 > 0:25:43We want to get off the street.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Obviously, in this weather you can see it.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46It's not fucking the best of weathers.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49And it doesn't really matter, if it's warm and dry
0:25:49 > 0:25:52and it's going to have electric in and everything, I can charge my phone up.
0:25:52 > 0:25:53Cold, it's been cold.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57This is the worst winter in four years.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04It's a mile out of town, which is useful cos it would deter
0:26:04 > 0:26:09many of the city-based drinkers from inviting themselves over.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Then we can come back, pick our feet up, put some telly on,
0:26:12 > 0:26:14put the digibox on.
0:26:14 > 0:26:15THEY LAUGH
0:26:15 > 0:26:17I'm here to show you your property.
0:26:17 > 0:26:18They meet the agent.
0:26:18 > 0:26:19All right, I'll show you now, yes?
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Come on, let's go.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23It turns out to be a nice two-bedroom house.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25They can afford it because, unusually,
0:26:25 > 0:26:29this landlord isn't asking for an up-front bond.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33Oh, I want the front bedroom, I told you that, right?
0:26:34 > 0:26:37- Good?- Yeah, very good, nice.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41- Can I ask you a question? - Yes, you can.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44With the garden, we want to have a pet - are we allowed pets here?
0:26:44 > 0:26:47- I'll have to find out. - Can you find that out?- Yes.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50The rent of over £700 per month will be paid to the landlord
0:26:50 > 0:26:54directly from Andy and Barry's housing benefit.
0:26:54 > 0:26:55Now, they're desperate to move in.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59Would you be able to let us move in tomorrow instead of leaving us on the street?
0:26:59 > 0:27:01We're going to get somebody to clean it up.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04- Can't you pay us to clean it up? - No, we'd rather clean it up.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07It's going to cost somebody to clean it up, yeah, we are quite happy to do it.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11- But we know with all our customers, we want you to be happy. - We will be happy.
0:27:11 > 0:27:12But it's not fair to clean for someone
0:27:12 > 0:27:14and then we don't clean for you.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17- It's nice for you to come in and the place is nice.- OK, yes.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19You'll like it then, and then after we're just going to sign
0:27:19 > 0:27:22the paperwork and we can do it when you move in.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26- Thank you.- OK, you're welcome. Now, I'll lock the door.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28It seems they've got the place
0:27:28 > 0:27:31but are disappointed they can't move in just yet.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34So, it's back to the streets.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Returning to Swansea for a third time,
0:27:41 > 0:27:45we'd seen how addiction to alcohol ruled the lives of many with nowhere
0:27:45 > 0:27:50to go and how it's exceptionally difficult to escape its grip,
0:27:50 > 0:27:54especially for those who have no choice but to live on the streets.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Next time on Return To The Streets,
0:27:58 > 0:28:03we re-meet Tracy - back in 2011, she was at rock bottom.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05Right, you didn't get the bed today.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Now, two years later, she's transformed...
0:28:12 > 0:28:15There's the new me. The old me has gone, here I am.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17..and there's yet another delay,
0:28:17 > 0:28:20so Andy and Barry are still out in the cold.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24It's not very nice for someone to give you false hopes, especially...
0:28:24 > 0:28:26A dream, isn't it?
0:28:26 > 0:28:28You light up a dream and then you let that dream go past,
0:28:28 > 0:28:30it's devastating, really, innit?