Heartbreaking footage lays bare Britain's homelessness crisis after a man was discovered living - inside a CLOTHES BIN.<br /><br />The man, known only as Nigel, has set up home inside a clothing bank near a church car park in the Erdington area of Birmingham.<br /><br />The 52-year-old found himself on the streets of the second city after being put up in a multiple occupancy house with drug addicts in Northampton.<br /><br />Nigel, originally from London, said he is recovering from a 20 year heroin addiction so walked out of the HMO in a bid to stay clean. <br /><br />He then discovered the unlocked clothes bin around five weeks ago where he now sleeps each night before begging on the streets by day.<br /><br />Video footage shows how Nigel has set up a mini home for himself inside the bin -which he describes as the 'comfiest bed he has ever slept in".<br /><br />As well as bedding and duvets, it even has his own 'library' with a selection of books as well as a 'beer shelf'.
