News about Mike Clark

Tiny modular homes are making a dent in California's homeless population, while a 600-opod tent community is reducing rough sleeping conditions in Nevada. Federal officials reported this month that the number of people sleeping in shelters and the streets soared to a new high in 2023, owing to a'sharp rise' in citizens experiencing homelessness for the first time. But Elizabeth Funk, CEO of DignityMoves, told DailyMail.com that 'IKEA-style' pop-up homes are benefiting California's estimated 181,399 rough sleepers, the highest toll in any state. Reno, Nevada's biggest city outside of the Las Vegas Valley, began using similar modules in 2020 after the number of rough sleepers in the city tripled during the pandemic, owing to widespread unemployment and rising housing prices. A year later, in early 2021, it began providing yet another innovative housing solution - hundreds of sleeping pods in a huge tent called the Nevada Cares Campus.

The 72-year-old (inset), who hosted the BBC car show in the 1980s and 90s, has balked at proposals to rebuild the Grade II-listed site (top right and left) in Herefordshire's Golden Valley, believing that it would'ruin this tiny piece of history'. The building's historic features, which include two old petrol pumps outside (bottom right), will'become nothing more than living history,' rather than living history,' he said. In February last year, Mike Clark, 63, a computer programmer, and his wife purchased the Glendore petrol station, which dates back to 1919, as a retirement home. They've spent £60,000 on surveying the property and applying for planning permission with the local council, with a decision expected over the next week.