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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½lessness and the Housing Crisis: How To End Rough Sleeping (Sabrina Cohen-Hatton)

Top firefighter Sabrina Cohen-Hatton on going from sleeping rough to advising Prince William on homelessness. Plus, how to escape the poverty trap and improve social mobility.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½lessness is on the rise in Britian with record numbers of people living in emergency accommodation.

Sabrina Cohen-Hatton, Chief Fire Officer of the West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, spent time sleeping rough on the streets of Newport in Wales as a teenager.

Now, she is working to end homelessness and stop people getting stuck in poverty.

Amol and Sabrina discuss what can be done in schools to prevent homelessness, the stigma facing homeless people and how to stop professions from being dominated by the elites.

They also talk about Sabrina’s work with Prince William's charity, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½wards, and how poverty becomes a trap.

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Episodes of Radical with Amol Rajan are released every Thursday and you can also watch them on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ iPlayer: /iplayer/episodes/m002f1d0/radical-with-amol-rajan

Amol Rajan is a presenter of the Today programme on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4. He is also the host of University Challenge on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One. Before that, Amol was media editor at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ and editor at The Independent.

Radical with Amol Rajan is a Today Podcast. It was made by Lewis Vickers with Izzy Rowley. Digital production was by Gabriel Purcell-Davis. Technical production was by Philip Bull. The editor is Sam Bonham. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths.

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