Homelessness is not a new issue for 39-year-old Christina Smallbone, who says she has been homeless since she was a child. Christina was placed in care when she was young and described herself as "an eight-year-old runaway" who hopped on a train from Cheshire to find her family in Cardiff.
However, she was not met with a new life like she had hoped. For 31 years Christina has moved between multiple temporary accommodations and has in the past slept rough on the streets of Wales' capital city. She chose to leave one hostel that she stayed in due to safety concerns as she claims that her belongings were often stolen.
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