How would you define the scale of the problem of homelessness among families in your area? and do you think that this area is representative of what is happening across England?
I still recall the problem of homelessness back in the 80s I compared to that it is relatively small scale especially in big cities such as Bristol and especially London where there are a lot of Street Homeless. the problem now in my personal view it's changed from the very low percentage of Street Homeless to people who are statutory homeless which means they have a roof over their head it is not necessarily the same roof every night, it can be sofa surfing and things like that. And the higher percentage of those in my mind are single males and things …show more content…
A profit making organization entirely depends on its income outweighing its outgoings to exist, will be taking on a massive risk to take on a duty like that. I'd be impressed with somebody that did but its a commitment that i wouldn't advise that anybody make if that cannot readily access public subsidies
what specific challenges do you think the private rented sector might face in housing homeless families?
Rent will be a primary issue, the reason why a lot of private landlords to not accept social tenants is because they will not take housing benefit payments, so a private landlord not receiving their rent may not be able to pay their bill and may not be able to exist, and if they take on a large proportion of social tenants, e.g. a private landlord with 20 properties with social tenants living in them, it is likely that 7 of those tenants will be in serious arrears potentially and for a private landlord that’s unsustainable. And if a private landlord did accept to house social tenants, I'd assume it will be on a assured short-hold tenancies so such tenants will be relatively easy to remove but it is still costly to do so and wont be able to get the money back as these people don't have means so courts are unlikely to award further
I still recall the problem of homelessness back in the 80s I compared to that it is relatively small scale especially in big cities such as Bristol and especially London where there are a lot of Street Homeless. the problem now in my personal view it's changed from the very low percentage of Street Homeless to people who are statutory homeless which means they have a roof over their head it is not necessarily the same roof every night, it can be sofa surfing and things like that. And the higher percentage of those in my mind are single males and things …show more content…
A profit making organization entirely depends on its income outweighing its outgoings to exist, will be taking on a massive risk to take on a duty like that. I'd be impressed with somebody that did but its a commitment that i wouldn't advise that anybody make if that cannot readily access public subsidies
what specific challenges do you think the private rented sector might face in housing homeless families?
Rent will be a primary issue, the reason why a lot of private landlords to not accept social tenants is because they will not take housing benefit payments, so a private landlord not receiving their rent may not be able to pay their bill and may not be able to exist, and if they take on a large proportion of social tenants, e.g. a private landlord with 20 properties with social tenants living in them, it is likely that 7 of those tenants will be in serious arrears potentially and for a private landlord that’s unsustainable. And if a private landlord did accept to house social tenants, I'd assume it will be on a assured short-hold tenancies so such tenants will be relatively easy to remove but it is still costly to do so and wont be able to get the money back as these people don't have means so courts are unlikely to award further