After losing two loved ones, his job and his home within months, Guy* turned to 'the wrong people' for help. More than two years and a heart attack later, he had ulcers on his legs having been living in his car all that time, and was 'in a really bad way'.
He told the Manchester Evening News : "People seem to think that when it's homelessness, it's always drugs and alcohol, but it's not. I made a couple of wrong decisions and I had a bit of a perfect storm.
"My sister and my mum died. I lost my job and my house in the space of two months. People made me promises and then reneged on them.
