50 Faces: Kenny After almost fifteen years in and out of homelessness, Kenny is finally home. He's in a community where he feels accepted. He's keeping busy with a new circle of friends, staying firmly connected with family and he's about to start a college course. Doors are opening, he says, from finally getting his own place. ”I have my own home and pay my own bills. As long as I keep building on it...that's the foundation. I was going to call it a building block, but it's actually a foundation because you can't build nothing without foundation. My mam's always been there for me...she's a rock for me. Other family members too, but my mam is one in a million. It's good to be able to have a permanent fixture that you can invite people, whoever it might be, especially my mam, down for a cup of tea, or for dinner, or just for a chat or whatever, you know? It's something good. It's a solid base to build off because we never had it ever in my life. So eventually I have somewhere solid like; a house that has an effect all around my family. It just makes things a lot more plausible and possible than the situation I was 18 months ago in a homeless hostel with not really much things to go for." Kenny talks about the people important to him in helping him break free from the cycle of homelessness... Your browser does not support the audio element. Please click here to download the file Manage Cookie Preferences