"Population growth outstrips home building by four to one"

[dutchman]

Coventry is on the verge of a housing crisis according to new government figures.



The numbers show that the population of Coventry has risen four times faster than the rate of new housing over the last decade.

Exclusive analysis by the Telegraph of official data shows that population of the city rose by 39,254 - from 298,174 to 337,428 - between 2004 and 2014.

At the same time, the overall number of new houses rose by just 9,340 in the decade to March 2015.

That means there are 4.2 extra people in Coventry for every one extra home - one of the biggest ratios in the country.

The figures on net housing stock were published by the government this month and the Telegraph has cross-referenced them with population figures for each year since 2004.

Coun Ed Ruane, Coventry City Council’s cabinet member for children, said freeing up existing family homes was one way to address the problem.

He said: “The quickest way to free up family homes is to build more student accommodation next to university campuses.”

He added: “The council recently introduced plans for more affordable housing.

“There’s a definite shortage of three, four and five-bedroom housing.

“The government’s right to buy scheme has made it difficult to encourage housing associations to build large houses because they can be sold off at a loss.

“There’s not enough incentive for housing providers to build more. That’s why we have a shortage of house building.

“The housing we do have is in pretty poor condition in some areas.

“It’s not always about building new things, it’s also about trying to regenerate existing housing stock.”

[rebbonk]

Which begs the question, why are we still taking people in?

[dutchman]

Which begs the question, why are we still taking people in?

Osborne needs net immigration of at least 300,000 a year to balance his budget so whatever the Tories say about immigration, they have no intention of reducing it.

[rebbonk]

But we simply can't go on taking people in when we have nowhere to house them. The whole ideal is flawed. - but that's politics for you!

[Melisandre]

It will be interesting to see how many of these new house builds will be offered to our low paid working children that are having to live in high rented private accomodation or those that presently live in the decaying houses they now live in or will they be offered to mainly immigrants first that work for low pay but their money topped up higher than our own kids if they are genuine immigrants.

[Melisandre]

I suggest you read dwp site then ask them the same questions