One in 50 Londoners homeless and in emergency homes – London Councils by IWantMyJustDesserts Tags:United Kingdom 5 comments Perhaps over a decade of austerity has actually been… bad? Well isn’t that what happens in an era of austerity and mass migration. Who’d have thunk it?! The article is mixing up two things in a dishonest way. This statement: >One in 50 Londoners homeless Appears to come from this data. >London Councils estimates nearly 170,000 people in the capital are now living in hostels, bedsits, or other temporary accommodation Person in the capital homeless =/= to homeless member of the capital. Homeless people tend to be drawn to bigger places disproportionately so many of these people are likely to not be “Londoners”. This also means that the way they use these stats to suggest cost of living stuff is also unreliable even if the conclusions drawn are reasonable. 40 years of missing housing targets to appease rent seeking and voting NIMBY’s How many properties in London sit empty on some Russian oligarchs portfolio? Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
The article is mixing up two things in a dishonest way. This statement: >One in 50 Londoners homeless Appears to come from this data. >London Councils estimates nearly 170,000 people in the capital are now living in hostels, bedsits, or other temporary accommodation Person in the capital homeless =/= to homeless member of the capital. Homeless people tend to be drawn to bigger places disproportionately so many of these people are likely to not be “Londoners”. This also means that the way they use these stats to suggest cost of living stuff is also unreliable even if the conclusions drawn are reasonable.
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Perhaps over a decade of austerity has actually been… bad?
Well isn’t that what happens in an era of austerity and mass migration. Who’d have thunk it?!
The article is mixing up two things in a dishonest way.
This statement:
>One in 50 Londoners homeless
Appears to come from this data.
>London Councils estimates nearly 170,000 people in the capital are now living in hostels, bedsits, or other temporary accommodation
Person in the capital homeless =/= to homeless member of the capital.
Homeless people tend to be drawn to bigger places disproportionately so many of these people are likely to not be “Londoners”.
This also means that the way they use these stats to suggest cost of living stuff is also unreliable even if the conclusions drawn are reasonable.
40 years of missing housing targets to appease rent seeking and voting NIMBY’s
How many properties in London sit empty on some Russian oligarchs portfolio?