Same‑sex siblings could indeed be required to share a bedroom until age 20 under Southwark Council’s proposed Housing Allocations Scheme 2026, and the plan also includes creating an additional housing priority band. Same‑sex siblings share till 20; Band E means “no realistic chance”; the 2013 system gets scrapped after regulatory failings. Southwark says the new schemeContinue reading “Share Till Twenty — Madness”
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Council Houses Sold Off In The UK
The Right to Buy was not a housing policy. The initiative was political in nature. Although it produced homeowners, the social housing structure that first made those homes feasible was eliminated. Between 1980 and 2022, 1.98 million council homes were sold, fewer than 100,000 were replaced, that’s under 5 per cent. 40 per cent ofContinue reading “Council Houses Sold Off In The UK”
Absolutely Furious
The housing crisis in Britain is very personal to Roger Lucas, who owns a vintage scooter business in Margate. The businessman’s sister has been stuck on a council housing waiting list for more than two years. So when he heard of a plan to use taxpayer funds to convert local properties into temporary accommodation for asylumContinue reading “Absolutely Furious”
Threat To Turn Dambusters HQ RAF Scampton Into Migrant Detention Centre
Families living in a historical village have been left furious amid new plans to house migrants at the former Dambusters base. The iconic World War II mission to destroy German dams with ‘bouncing bombs’ was launched at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire in 1943 and altered the course of the war. However, after widespread criticism nationwide, the crucial base has nowContinue reading “Threat To Turn Dambusters HQ RAF Scampton Into Migrant Detention Centre”
Couple Reported Illegal Immigrant In Van To Police
An antiques dealer familiar to millions on TV and her husband were fined £3,000 after contacting British police to report a migrant who had snuck into their van in France. Mother of two children, Jane Cave, 56, who appears on The Bidding Room on the BBC, and her husband Ed Masters had gone through customs inContinue reading “Couple Reported Illegal Immigrant In Van To Police”
Children Who Live In Shipping Containers
A leading welfare official said that thousands of children are living in shipping containers or flats built cheaply in old office blocks. The Children’s Commissioner said that they’re among 124,000 children living in temporary accommodation arranged by councils after their families became homeless. Anne Longfield said children in homeless families were frequently put up inContinue reading “Children Who Live In Shipping Containers”
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