New migrants need better quality private rented housing
It’s a little-known fact that there are now nearly four million homes being privately let compared with only two million in 2000. One factor pushing the rising demand is migration, because new migrants are three times more likely to be in the sector than a typical member of the settled population. This is not surprising, […]
Migration Watch claims migrants are driving social housing demand
Migration Watch has published a new claim that meeting the social housing needs of new immigrants will cost the tax payer £1 billion a year for the next 25 years. It bases its assessment on the fact that migration is currently expected to lead to the formation of 83,000 new households each year, out of […]
Welcome change
In the past, housing associations have been accused of not pulling their weight when it comes to refugees’ needs. But progress has been made, says John Perry The government likes to remind us that it has cut the numbers of people seeking asylum in the UK. These are now at just a little more than […]