However, one is entitled to shelter and this is an area where the State has maximum responsibility because it is one where there are people in considerable difficulty. Single people, and particularly single men, are a vulnerable group. There is a concealed discriminatory element here because gay people are always seen as single and are not entitled to be seen as part of a couple. This means that no gay person is likely to have housing provided by the State. This needs to be examined. I do not suggest that AIDS is a gay disease but in the early days of this infection a disproportionately high number of gay people had AIDS. They need housing. It is awful to think that people who are in recovery, thanks to the triple drug therapy, are in dire need of housing and that local authorities ignore them.