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Alex, a man from Oxford who has been homeless on and off for 20 years, told 5 live he agrees with 鈥榙efensive architecture鈥� designed to deter rough sleepers.

Speaking to 5 live鈥檚 Adrian Goldberg, he said: 鈥渙utside where I live, there鈥檚 a solicitor鈥檚 and they have homeless people sleeping there and it absolutely stinks.鈥�

An anti-homeless slope was recently installed on the site of a former Bank of England building in Liverpool, the latest in a trend of 鈥榙efensive architecture鈥� being used across the country.

The charity Crisis says the measures are 鈥渃ounter-productive鈥� and 鈥渄o nothing to tackle the underlying causes of homelessness鈥�.

This clip was taken from the Adrian Goldberg programme on Friday 25 November 2016.