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Shock statistic: some social housing tenants were born abroad

July 29, 2013

The Daily Mail ‘revealed’ last week that ‘500,000 immigrants have been given social housing in the last decade’. So what was shocking about that? This is no more than should be expected given what we have long known about the proportion of the UK population that were born abroad.

Category: Housing, Migration | Tags: private rented sector, migration statistics, allocations

Greater restrictions on access to housing may lead migrants into the most unregulated parts of the market. Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian

Housing clampdown could drive migrants into poor quality accommodation

May 15, 2013

Ministers claim the updated rules will reduce both exploitation and illegal immigration, but it seems unlikely they will have much effect on either.

Category: Housing, Migration | Tags: homelessness, private rented sector, migration policy, allocations

Missing the point on migrants and housing

March 27, 2013

David Cameron’s plans to curtail migrants’ rights to social housing have the appearance of being thought up quickly and not thought through properly. There are much better ways to increase the availability of homes to UK-born applicants.

Category: Housing, Migration | Tags: migration policy, allocations

Simplistic view of social housing

August 23, 2012

Is it blindingly obvious that social landlords should sell off expensive properties to fund new house building? Not if you consider the unintended consequences and the better options offered by alternative strategies.

Category: Housing | Tags: housing policy, tenancy reform, allocations

Local housing for local people?

June 29, 2009

It’s a bad idea to base policy on myth, and while there’s not enough social housing to go round the suspicion that foreigners get priority will persist. Local housing for local people may sound like good politics, but will it lead to good policy? It’s never a good idea to base a policy on a […]

Category: Housing, Migration | Tags: council housing, migration policy, allocations

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