Social Housing in Crisis

With the UK in enormous debt, there is clearly no money to fund future projects in social housing.  It is in crisis, and whilst the left and the right are arguing between themselves as to who is to blame and where the money is coming from, the ones who are the real losers in all of this are the social housing tenants.

It looks like the social housing assets paid for by the people for the people are going to be sold off to the private sector, in a bid to raise capital to fund the ever dwindling social housing stock.

Moreover, rents are set to increase to near market rates and the guarantee of a home for life is to come to an end.  This is a terrible prospect for vulnerable people, the marginalized and socially excluded, it is not fair, nor is it right.

People must get more involved in their local communities, ignorance is not bliss and with the ongoing shift in politics from left to right, the voiceless are left weak and vulnerable.

It seems clear to me whilst many people have enjoyed the good times over the last decade or so, the party is clearly over and soon a painful hangover is set to be the the result.

The indications seem to be that alot of the old housing stock is set to be sold off to the private sector to pay back for what has been lost over the last decade.  With increasing demand for social housing in the last year alone you might well ask yourself where is this all leading?  As public sector jobs are predicted to be lost at the rate of 120,000 year on year for the next four years, increases in tax and inflation, the end of a job for life, the retirement age increasing and a lack of pension provision, the future looks very bleak indeed.