17% increase in UK homelessness in Just 12 Months according to 2011 stats!
(Reported by Richard Frazer)
It has been raining today heavily in Birmingham and while thinking about what to write about in regards to the homeless people who are sheltering from the rain today I stumbled on this report.
Please take time to read the BBC report on:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14838969
It is scarey that in the same report that the BBC presented to Housing Minister Grant Shapps about the 17% rise in homelessness he is quoted as saying homelessness was at a "historic" low level.
The two do not match up and that is the problem with the governments stance and so the peoples understanding of the subject.
No party has ever decided to take a lead on this subject because firstly homeless people largely don't vote. They technically can vote as the House of Commons Rules state 'Homeless people can register using a declaration of local connection'. However most will think that is the last thing on their mind and also many will have got here due to some sort of mental incapacity of serious issues that shadow their life and once again this will stop them voting because of House of Commons Rules stating that can only vote so long as you are 'not subject to any legal incapacity to vote.'
So to the political party system these non voters are not worth spending time on.
No party has ever decided to take a lead on this subject because firstly homeless people largely don't vote. They technically can vote as the House of Commons Rules state 'Homeless people can register using a declaration of local connection'. However most will think that is the last thing on their mind and also many will have got here due to some sort of mental incapacity of serious issues that shadow their life and once again this will stop them voting because of House of Commons Rules stating that can only vote so long as you are 'not subject to any legal incapacity to vote.'
So to the political party system these non voters are not worth spending time on.
However we are the voters and we as citizens have an obligation to our fellow citizens even if the political elite do not see it the same way.
The Department for
Communities and Local Government compared the number of homeless between April
and June this year with the same period last year.
This showed local authorities had accepted 11,820 applicants this year - up 17% - as being homeless and eligible for the council housing waiting list. Housing Minister Grant Shapps said that despite the rise, homelessness was at a "historic" low level. He said the figures underlined how the effects of "the worst recession for a generation continue to deliver difficult times for households up and down the country".
The homeless issue will not go without a focus on it. The homeless issue will only grow with no focus on it and I assure you the political elite will continue to say it is a shrinking problem.
Please give a moment to think about these people.
This showed local authorities had accepted 11,820 applicants this year - up 17% - as being homeless and eligible for the council housing waiting list. Housing Minister Grant Shapps said that despite the rise, homelessness was at a "historic" low level. He said the figures underlined how the effects of "the worst recession for a generation continue to deliver difficult times for households up and down the country".
The homeless issue will not go without a focus on it. The homeless issue will only grow with no focus on it and I assure you the political elite will continue to say it is a shrinking problem.
Please give a moment to think about these people.
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