Homelessness in rural England is up 40 in five years. This report from the CPRE charity, which campaigns for affordable housing in rural England, says that it is due to a boom in second homes, soaring mortgages and high energy bills. They also claim that 12 local authorities across England - designated has predominantly rural - had levels of rough sleeping higher than the national average of 15 per 100,000.
CPRE say that 300,000 people are waiting for social housing in rural England - where the average house sells for £420,000.
The other charity, Shelter, say homelessness is likely to be 14% higher this Christmas than last year. Their estimates don't include those that are sofa surfing and are not a council list. Shelter call "sofa surfing" "hidden homelessness.".
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12901473/homeless-increased-40-cent-rural-england.html
In recent years I've spoken to at least four people that are on a council list and one of those people has been on the list for three years. The experience of all four were that there weren't any properties being offered in their own council area. In fact, properties on the bidding list were only for a different county altogether. It's obvious that they're trying to move people away from where they were born, where they have a support network of friends and family. Not only that but they're competing with other people in other rural areas for the same properties.
Yet, there is a mass of economic migrants that appear to be living somewhere in our localities, some are in temporary accommodation. Properties are also being allocated specifically for migrants, whilst they're not being offered to our own people. This is causing distress and resentment all over rural England. We don't have room for economic migrants when we are already overpopulated and can't even provide affordable housing for our own.
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