Private problems are troubles which negatively affect individuals and their immediate surroundings. When these troubles go beyond the personal environments of the individual and impact on the community, they become public issues (Bogue, 2009). One of the most common private problems which developed into a critical public issue appears to be the scarcity of social housing. According to The Scottish Government [TSG] (2013), from the 31st March 2013 there were 184,487 households on local authority housing waiting lists across Scotland. The lack of available social housing is mainly due to stock levels steadily diminishing each year since 1980, after tenants bought nearly half-a-million council houses under the ‘Right to Buy’ scheme. This coupled with the decline in house building; which is currently at its lowest level since 1946, has brought about a shameful lack of affordable public housing (Turffrey, 2010). The downturn in public housing alternatives and home ownership becoming increasingly unaffordable for many first-time buyers has created a vast reliance on the private sector. Inside Letting (2012) states private renting has more than doubled its share of the total housing stock in Scotland since 1999. It is now the most expensive form of housing, with the average annual private rent costing £8,244; compared to the annual Scottish Local Authority rent which averages in at just £3,064. (Easton, 2013: Urquhart, 2013). Low-income households who cannot afford this large mark-up on rent can apply for housing benefit to make up the shortfall. Housing Benefit paid towards inflated rent prices to private landlords takes almost 95% of total UK housing spending, with only 5% of funds invested in house building (UN... ... middle of paper ... ...t: How the lack of affordable housing impacts on all aspects of life [PDF] Available at Shelter website; england.shelter.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/268752/The_Human_Cost.pdf • UNISON (2013). Scotland - Housing Policy June 2013 [PDF] Available at UNISON Scotland website; www.unison-scotland.org.uk/housing/MakingHomesForAFairerScotland_June2013.pdf • Urquhart, F. (2013). Aberdeen rent average soars past £1,000 a month [webpage] Available at The Scotsman website; www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/homes-gardens/property-news/aberdeen-rent-average-soars-past-1-000-a-month-1-3144329 [accessed 14th January 2014] • West College Scotland [WCS] (2010). governmental influences, funding & the mixed economy of care [PDF] Available at West College Scotland, Education Care and Sciences, Health and Social Care Moodle Site; moodle2.reidkerr.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.php?id=9566
Kennedy A. (2014) Castle Vale Housing Action Trust: Lessons in Regenerating Communities Lecture, University of Birmingham.
The Open University (2010) K101 An introduction to health and social care, Unit 3, ‘Social Care In The Community’, Milton Keynes, The Open University.
A decent home is fundamental to people’s well being and is not just a roof over someone’s head. Many people assume that homelessness is people without a home – someone who is ‘living rough’. Even though this is true, the reality is that many individuals and families who are homeless are living with family members or friends on a temporary basis. Others live in bed and breakfast hotels, hostels, night shelters and temporary accommodation provided from the government. For the majority, this results in a poor quality of life and can lead to many social problems. The UK is one of the most powerful and richest
...ncil only built 29 homes last year. Lots of houses tied up in NAMA that could be used. In my own constituency of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown there are currently - properties that could be used. What is required is a large scale social housing development last seen since 1932. A large quantity of social housing that was previously owned by Dublin corporation and Dublin City council were privatized Public housing private financing joint ventures may need to be pushed if the government cannot be coerced into building large scale social housing projects. Municipal housing associations . Mention gentrification maybe tie the 'no rent supplement' issue into this. Dun Laoghaire Rathdown county council favours this because more affluent tenants means more money for the council's budget, a larger volume of social housing would mean a larger amount of not paying property tax.
This paper will be predominantly focusing on public housing within Ontario. Not only will it look at the basics of Ontario but examine more directly on Regent Park within Toronto. It will discuss what public housing is and the explanation for why it exists, the government housing programs that are present with regards to public housing and the results of the government programs. The Purpose of this essay is to argue that the problem of public housing will never
Nevertheless, the previous researches were either focused on the role of affordable housing associating with residential stability or educational improvement for children and employment outcomes for the adults (Manturuk, 2012). Others also emphasized that affordable housing could contribute to community-wide economic development, both for troubled and vibrant communities (Lubell et al., 2007). In addition, even the past researches started to examine the impact difference from various categories ownerships versus; however, the subcate...
I am fortunate at the this time to not have to be concerned with government policies and politics that create barriers to affordable housing, especially rental housing. The most significant issue with rental housing, however, is the rising costs of rent (Schwartz, 2010). For many populations, the cost of renting a housing takes up a significant amount of their annual income, making saving and monetary flexibility near impossible. In some instances, this expense accounts for up to 30% of income (Downs, 2008). It is also significant that one of the populations that most generally ut...
Furthermore the report suggests that overall supply of housing in London has been in decline since the 1960s, with no corresponding decrease in demand. For decades the council house building programme compensated for this; the fall in levels of construction of social housing has therefore hit the affordable end of the market hardest.
3.Spence, Lorna. A Profile of Londoners by Housing Tenure: Analysis of Annual Population Survey& Labour Force Survey Data. London: Greater London Authority, 2007. Print.
Weitzman, Beth C. “You Can’t Eliminate Homelessness Without Housing.” American Behavioral Sciences Jan 1994: 342+. Infortrac: Expanded Academic ASAP. Online. 07 Feb. 2000.
The restrictions on the amount the rent can be raised have prevented the law of supply and demand to find the market clearing price allowing for the supply of rental units to meet the demand. Edmonton on the other hand, even in times of economic boom has not implemented any form of Rent control. Therefore, allowing the laws of supply and demand to set the price. By doing so one can see when comparing Edmonton’s vacancy rates and population growth have allowed for Edmonton’s supply of rental units to catch up to the demand for rental units. Consequently rent control has done the exact opposite of what it was implemented to do in the first place, instead of trying to make sure everyone has access to affordable housing it has created a shortage for
In many ways, this housing shortage has been a consequence of strict housing policies enacted in the 1960s that limited the heights of new buildings and allowed neighbours to block developments. Because of this, in recent history the Bay Area has only issued building permits for about 50% of the buildings for the growing population. This combination of high demand and low supply for local housing has allowed housing costs to skyrocket, to the point where the area is no longer affordable for many residents (Russel). This has created a large population of residents who experience homelessness and housing insecurity. Of the 7,500 residents of San Francisco that are currently unhoused, 71 percent were housed in the city before becoming homeless (Connery et al, see Figure 1). Further, 49 percent of residents experiencing homelessness who once had a permanent residence in the city had maintained it for at least ten years. This indicates that San Francisco residents cannot continuously afford to live in the housing currently available in the
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Social investment approaches also focus on benefits and services that help people to achieve lasting positive social outcomes throughout their lives and reducing the dependency on benefits. In 2012, on average 12 % of the EU-27 population was overburdened by housing
Presently, one of the main causes of homelessness in American is the lack of affordable housing. New York researchers claim that affordable housing is the answer to homelessness. Researcher, Mary Beth Shinn, states, ?homelessness is first and foremost a housing problem not a psychological one? (qtd. in Franklin 15.) Nearly all the families in their study became stably housed regardless of substance abuse, mental illness, physical illness or incarceration. This study indicates that homelessness is not a permanent condition. People do get themselves out of the problem when an intervention occurs to provide them with access to the housing market (NYU 2.) Without permanent housing, people are unable to keep jobs and are more likely to become ill. Permanent housing provides stability that enables them to find and retain employment with health benefits.