Anti-homeless architecture was put in place to try and stop anti-social behaviour, as well as to try and stop individuals using the architecture e.g. for sleeping.

This is mainly seen on benches and walls throughout the United Kingdom.

According to Shelter there are 271,000 homeless people in the UK alone, with 2,101 of those people being in West Yorkshire.

It is common for most people to walk past unhoused individuals laying down on the street during the day, but most people don’t know where the individuals go at night. It comes to question where they do sleep if they are unable to use certain areas due to the architecture.

One resident in Leeds when asked about the benches said, “it’s appalling really, the government don’t do enough to help those in need, then purposely restrict them from having a better night sleep.”

While another resident said, “I do understand it, I guess it ruins the city when you see people sleeping where people want to sit.”

Even though temporary accommodation is available to help the homelessness, Shelter have reported that 2,400 people are still sleeping rough with many individuals questioning if the architecture was worth building.