England hit by housing shortage, the homeless rising
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about 89 percent of local authorities surveyed said they had also found it difficult to secure private rented accommodation with more landlords not wanting to rent to people on welfare1 more than 100000 households in england could be living in bed and breakfast accommodation and hostels by 2020 due to a critical housing shortage a study showed on thursday1 it said 78000 homeless households were in temporary accommodation so far in 2018 with britain experiencing a housing crisis as homebuilding has declined since the 1970s driving up property prices faster than wages1 high housing costs low pay and insecure work are locking people in poverty restricting their choices with councils finding it harder to help more families are being forced into temporary accommodation jrf chief executive campbell robb said in a statement1 government data shows about one in six properties in england or 4 million homes are social housing a figure that has stagnated for a decade1 the crisis and jfr report which is published each year said 70 percent of local councils said they struggled to find social housing for homeless people last year1 the report by charity group crisis and the joseph rowntree foundation jfr said current trends indicated the crisis would get worse as local councils battled to find homes for those in need1 it is pretty much impossible to access the private rental sector. the cost of doing so is prohibitive and the solution is unsustainable because of the massive disparity between lha local housing allowance rates and market rent one council in the midlands said in the report1 sleeping on the streets or rough sleeping has risen in england for seven consecutive years according to government figures with more than 1000 homeless in london and more than 4100 nationally a 134 percent jump since 20101 britains parliament last year passed the homelessness reduction act which was designed to ensure that local councils increased obligations towards homeless people1 the government has set an ambitious target of building 300000 new homes a year by the mid-2020s1 reported by thomson reuters foundation1