Honestly, social housing and housing benefit is part of the reason why London rents are so high. Social housing removes supply from the broader market, housing benefit provides a hard floor for rents as a direct (demand) subsidy for landlords. It would take a radical change, but if the budgets were instead used to clear land for developers as well as allow councils to build flats to rent at market rates, overall rents would come down quite significantly.
I live beside a lot of social housing. How are the 22 year old mothers getting social housing if the wait list is 10 years? Presumably being a single parent on a low income jumps you ahead in the queue, but if that wait list is 10 years … it must only be 2 years or so for these mothers I live around. They aren’t old enough to have waited 10 years.
Maybe everyone with low income doesn’t need to live in a capital city that they can’t afford to 🤔
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Analysis of government data by London Councils found that there were 336,366 households on waiting lists for social housing in 2024 across the capital’s 32 boroughs.
This is the highest figure in more than a decade and a 32% increase since 2014, with the previous record being set in 2013 at 344,294.
Social house is being used the way social housing should not. Social housing should be available for emergencies. For instance, a family lost their job, their house was destroyed by fire, flood, a storm. People fall hill without income, etc…
How is it being used: everyone applies for social housing. The council prioritises the poor. People wait for their turn to get cheaper rent.
Sorry but as someone who knows a housing officer, a lot of the families and single mothers REFUSE to not leave London for a bogus reason.
Priority for housing supply should go to workers who pay into the tax system. It’s not our problem if you refuse to live in Milton Keynes.
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Honestly, social housing and housing benefit is part of the reason why London rents are so high. Social housing removes supply from the broader market, housing benefit provides a hard floor for rents as a direct (demand) subsidy for landlords. It would take a radical change, but if the budgets were instead used to clear land for developers as well as allow councils to build flats to rent at market rates, overall rents would come down quite significantly.
I live beside a lot of social housing. How are the 22 year old mothers getting social housing if the wait list is 10 years? Presumably being a single parent on a low income jumps you ahead in the queue, but if that wait list is 10 years … it must only be 2 years or so for these mothers I live around. They aren’t old enough to have waited 10 years.
Maybe everyone with low income doesn’t need to live in a capital city that they can’t afford to 🤔
Wasted my click to save you one:
Analysis of government data by London Councils found that there were 336,366 households on waiting lists for social housing in 2024 across the capital’s 32 boroughs.
This is the highest figure in more than a decade and a 32% increase since 2014, with the previous record being set in 2013 at 344,294.
Social house is being used the way social housing should not. Social housing should be available for emergencies. For instance, a family lost their job, their house was destroyed by fire, flood, a storm. People fall hill without income, etc…
How is it being used: everyone applies for social housing. The council prioritises the poor. People wait for their turn to get cheaper rent.
Sorry but as someone who knows a housing officer, a lot of the families and single mothers REFUSE to not leave London for a bogus reason.
Priority for housing supply should go to workers who pay into the tax system. It’s not our problem if you refuse to live in Milton Keynes.
You mean it’s been higher than it is now? Wow.
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