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image captionConservative councillor Peter Nutting said homelessness was rising in Shropshire because people were travelling to the county
A council leader has been criticised for appearing to suggest his authority is seeing a rise in homeless people because it treats them "too well".
Peter Nutting made the comment during a debate about Shropshire Council's new housing strategy.
The Conservative said his authority's treatment of the homeless "actually attracts people to the county".
But he later said he meant it was the council's policies that were too good, not the experience of homeless people.