The shortage and cost of housing in this country has reached crisis point. Housing issues can have a detrimental effect on health and family relationships as well as a damaging influence on childrens education and emotional development. Many low income families unable to access social housing or buy are renting in the private sector. The high cost of this is causing problems. It is also very insecure, families need to put down roots as this builds communities and instability can have a negative effect on their education. Also house prices are becoming unaffordable and this need to be reversed.Therefore I am requesting if mumsnet
can start a campaign to call for:
The building of more affordable homes to buy
The building of more social homes
According to the housing charity Shelter:
"The government's proposed 150,000 affordable homes over four years is less than a third of what is needed. This will leave millions of families stuck in limbo on housing waiting lists, and push house prices further out of the reach of those on ordinary incomes.The cuts of more than 60% to new affordable housing will lead to the loss of jobs, skills and expertise that could take over a decade to recover from. Shelter research shows that for each £1 cut from housing the wider economy will take a hit of at least £3.50."
Statistics from shelter.org:
"In 2008 the number of repossessions rose to 40,000 from 25,900 the previous year, and it is predicted that 65,000 homes will be repossessed in 2009."
"Over 1.7 million households are currently waiting for social housing."
"Some homeless households - many with dependent children - wait for years in temporary accommodation. "
"At the end of December 2008, 64,000 households were living in temporary accommodation arranged by local authorities. Just over 49,000 of these households had dependent children"
This campaign is not intended to be about party politics.This is a crisis that has been building over many years and an issue that needs to by addressed by whoever is in power.
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GooseFatRoasties · 21/12/2010 18:43
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