“…The consequent inflation of FHSA registers is a major contributing factor to the low uptake rates observed for such programmes in inner London. 8 Estimates of the size of the homeless problem depend on the definitions used which range from the statutory "priority homeless," whom local authorities must house, to the so called "non-priority" homeless, for whom no routine data exist. Between 1979 and 1991 the number of people of officially recorded homeless in England has doubled-a quarter of whom (39 600) are from Greater London.9 A recent studv estimated that the total number of homeless people including those living in hostels and on the streets in London in 1991 was 60 000."…”