Rough sleeper Jay Wright said he had been unable to secure a bed due to demand and been forced to beg to pay for hostel accommodation.
The 48-year-old said: “I’m engaging with the town hall, I’m engaging with Shelter. I keep myself to myself because what I’ve seen out on the streets is absolutely terrifying so I stay as close to Piccadilly station at night as possible unless I raise up the money to get in somewhere myself.”
Mr Wright said he became homeless a year ago after his mother died and he lost his home.
He has been offered a bed at a Bed Every Night facility near Manchester Airport but decided it was too far to travel.
He added: “It’s an hour-and-a-half on the tram and the little family I’ve got left which I’m trying to maintain contact with live in Newton Heath.
“My hopes are to get out of this situation instead of sitting on the floor asking good people for help and degrading myself.”
