Residents of Newquay in Cornwall are said to be split between outrage and sympathy after two homeless men pitched tents on the crumbling cliffs of the famous seaside town.

Footage captured on May 20 showed the two tents pitched metres from a well-known luxury home with its own suspension bridge.

The Island house has been rented out for a minimum of £1,830 for a long weekend or mid-week break, according to an online letting agent that used to advertise the property.

One of the homeless men, Desire Cassanbo, has been in Newquay for many years and is on every housing register according to Monique Collins, who works at "The Drop In and Share Centre" helping local homeless people.

Cassanbo said that despite the precarious location of their tents above Towan Beach, they felt safer than in the town centre where abuse can occur.

The boom in short-term holiday accommodation has exacerbated the housing situation with working families being displaced by landlords for the more lucrative returns, according to local residents.

A truly desperate lack of accommodation in the county has forced two homeless men to pitch tents precariously beneath a warning of crumbling cliffs signage at town Beach Newquay. situated just yards from the recently valued £2 million pound iconic Island house with it's own suspension bridge. One of the men Desire Cassanbo has been about Newquay for many years and is on every housing register according to Monique Collins of the award winning Drop in and Share centre (DISC) Newquay which provides help and advice to homeless people not to mention food on daily basis. Desire stated that despite the precarious location of the make shift shelter they felt safer than in the town centre where abuse and moving on can occur. The boom in short term holiday accommodation has exacerbated the housing situation with working families being displaced by landlords for the more lucrative returns. The townsfolk of Newquay are greatly excised by the situation and split between outrage and sympathy for the plight of people in this bind.