One hundred thousand homeless families in England

Nothing to be proud of.
Many are families with children.
These are people born in the UK.
Many have been left homeless by their landlords. They cannot afford housing.

This is Britain today.

Local authorities have to give priority to asylum seekers. Many of them are single young men.

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FaithfulDamagedSoul · F

Local authorities have to give priority to asylum seekers. Many of them are single young men.

Don't pitch groups against each other. Social housing should be a priority. Everyone deserves and needs shelter and a roof over their head.

I don’t know how it is in the UK but I find it sad that multi generational households are no longer a thing in the west.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@FaithfulDamagedSoul They should be again very soon. Housing wealth is concentrated in the hands of the elderly who require care and companionship. Using a large house more efficiently to satisfy the wants of everybody will make for a more harmonious society.

autumngirl27

@FaithfulDamagedSoul I don;t have the most recent figures at hand, but as far as I can remember, the number of uninhabited properties has exceeded the (official) number of homeless in this country (Britain). As Arish Mel says, there are many reasons for this, including sofa surfers and those people who for whatever reason, have been without shelter so long, they find it difficult to adapt to being indoors and safe. Then, you get the thorny problem of local authorities allowing houses and flats/apartments to stand empty for years.