Homelessness up 1100% in South Yorkshire town.

[chem1st]

This week we have witnessed more demolition of state housing by the state in Sheffield. (Chantry house at Jordanthorpe was blown up)

 

Meanwhile, Parkhill the largest listed building in Europe that contains 1000 properties and was given away by the council along with £40 000 000 of taxpayers money sits idle apart from the odd funky mortgage workshop to encourage people to sign up to 25-40 years of slavery in order to live in a flat with a roof above your head.

 

So it should come as no surprise that figures released today show a 1100% increase in homelessness in a South Yorkshire town.

 

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/concern-over-number-of-homeless-on-streets-of-doncaster-1-4507797

 

MORE than two dozen people have been sleeping rough on the streets of Doncaster in the last month - 12 times the level recorded in a previous official one-night survey.

 

M25 Housing and Support Group found 25 people had been roughing it on the streets during April.

 

Official snapshot counts carried out recorded the figure at only two in October last year .

 

The latest figures comes at a time when the charity is seeing a rise in admissions.

 

Last month’s survey was the first of its sort carried out by the charity since it brought in a specialist outreach co-ordinator to try to address the problem.

 

Now it is launching a dedicated phoneline to try to offer a housing lifeline to those who are sleeping on the streets and in shop doorways.

 

This is just the tip of the iceberg, visible homelessness at its worst.

 

Many more are without a place to call 'home' and sleep on people's sofas and floors, particularly younger people. (The hidden homeless)

 

Gone are the days when a young couple could get a council house and begin to raise a family. Gone are the days when people had decent jobs, job security and a wage sufficient to purchase a house via a mortgage.

 

This crisis has been engineered. People need to be held to account for their actions and the resulting social problems they have caused. Homeless people die younger.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16272120

 

Homeless people in England die 30 years younger than the national average, research has suggested.

 

The report for the charity Crisis found an average homeless person has a life expectancy of 47, compared with 77 for the rest of the population.

 

The people in charge of housing in this country are literally killing our own people. These people need to be locked up. We need to build a lot more housing, and we need to do so quickly. We need to avert the catastrophe that is playing out in front of our own eyes, and ruining the lives of so many of our citizens.

[Jeffrey Shaw]

Yes, it's sad- yet a rise from 2 to 24 is just 22 extra (even if expressed by the housing charity as 1100% for dramatic effect).

But we've no idea just why they're homeless. It might be nothing to do with Government, local authority, etc.

[rosemary19]

This week we have witnessed more demolition of state housing by the state in Sheffield. (Chantry house at Jordanthorpe was blown up)

 

Meanwhile, Parkhill the largest listed building in Europe that contains 1000 properties and was given away by the council along with £40 000 000 of taxpayers money sits idle apart from the odd funky mortgage workshop to encourage people to sign up to 25-40 years of slavery in order to live in a flat with a roof above your head.

 

So it should come as no surprise that figures released today show a 1100% increase in homelessness in a South Yorkshire town.

 

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/concern-over-number-of-homeless-on-streets-of-doncaster-1-4507797

 

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This is just the tip of the iceberg, visible homelessness at its worst.

 

Many more are without a place to call 'home' and sleep on people's sofas and floors, particularly younger people. (The hidden homeless)

 

Gone are the days when a young couple could get a council house and begin to raise a family. Gone are the days when people had decent jobs, job security and a wage sufficient to purchase a house via a mortgage.

 

This crisis has been engineered. People need to be held to account for their actions and the resulting social problems they have caused. Homeless people die younger.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16272120

 

 

 

The people in charge of housing in this country are literally killing our own people. These people need to be locked up. We need to build a lot more housing, and we need to do so quickly. We need to avert the catastrophe that is playing out in front of our own eyes, and ruining the lives of so many of our citizens.

A terrible state of affairs,and how caring of you to raise this concern.

[Jeffrey Shaw]

And why mention Park Hill flats? Last time I looked, they weren't even in Doncaster.

[Resident]

There's no profit to be had in social housing. Half the councillors are on the boards of the "housing associations" that council owned properties are given to so it's an easy decision for them, give away the properties and reap the dividend payments from private renting via the housing association.

[Anna B]

There are loads of flats and appartments standing empty for months.

 

I'm surprised market forces hasn't driven the rents down to a level that more people can afford.

 

Didn't the government once come up with a plan to commandeer any property that was standing empty for more than 6 months?

[poppet2]

There's no profit to be had in social housing.

Exactly, so how do the ConDems aim to make enough money to build new council homes, when they are selling RTB council homes of up to 60% off?

[go4it]

 

The people in charge of housing in this country are literally killing our own people. These people need to be locked up. We need to build a lot more housing, and we need to do so quickly. We need to avert the catastrophe that is playing out in front of our own eyes, and ruining the lives of so many of our citizens.

 

Sorry but the people are killing themselves.

 

Many people are not in a fit state of mind to run their own home, considering the alcohol and drug abuse that is rife these days. And you expect these people to have a home built for them, and then we'll have to pay for them to live there?

[Ms Macbeth]

Sorry but the people are killing themselves.

 

Many people are not in a fit state of mind to run their own home, considering the alcohol and drug abuse that is rife these days. And you expect these people to have a home built for them, and then we'll have to pay for them to live there?

 

Giving a flat to many street homeless people just doesn't work. I've seen tenancy support workers doing their best to support people who have been rehoused after living on the street. Even with high levels of support some have failed to take any sort of responsibility for their home and ended up either leaving it or being evicted - which can be because of causing problems for neighbours.

 

There are so many complex reasons why (a very few) people sleep rough, that simply saying 'give them a flat' isn't going to work.

One option is a hostel like this one: http://www.st-annes.org.uk/in_your_area/South_Yorkshire/Sheffield.htm

[rickiethecat]

Giving a flat to many street homeless people just doesn't work. I've seen tenancy support workers doing their best to support people who have been rehoused after living on the street. Even with high levels of support some have failed to take any sort of responsibility for their home and ended up either leaving it or being evicted - which can be because of causing problems for neighbours.

 

Which just proves that homelessness is always a choice.

 

If homeless people reject any offer of help and wreck any home they're given, then all assistance for them should be withdrawn and the money saved put to more deserving causes.