There's no reason for people to live in doorways etc on Perry Vale, when there's a 125 bed homeless hostel off Dartmouth Road - that was well publicised not so long ago and made promises to keep their residents from causing a public nuisance locally as has happened previously. It doesn't look as if their keeping their promise.
The most depressing thing is that Forest Hill seems to be a mecca for hostels housing people with problems - battered wives shelter next door to me with CCTV. I'd like to know how many other hostels there are in neighbouring areas like Penge, Sydenham and Lewisham.

Nothing ever gets done about this area it would very interesting to find out exactly why.