People Living in Caves as UK Homelessness Reaches Five-Year HighPeople Living in Caves as UK Homelessness Reaches Five-Year High Homeless men and women are living in a network of disused sandstone caves near the town centre of Stockport, Greater Manchester. There have been up to four people a night sleeping rough in the cave system perched on a 20-foot precipice overhanging a river, only a short distance from public view.