Some hard facts
Presented in a very comprehensive briefing by Camden council staff at the St Pancras and Somers Town “area forum” last week.
The London borough of Camden has just under 16,000 people on its housing waiting list, and 1,420 statutory homeless households living in temporary accommodation. Thirty per cent of Camden households are overcrowded (national figure 7%). A total of 2,691 households on the housing register are overcrowded.
About 9,000 properties in Camden have been sold under right to buy.
The population is predicted to grow by 20% (10% by 2016), mostly in the 15-59 age group.
Seventy-four per cent of inquiries to councillors were about housing.
A total of 195 “affordable” homes were built last year. (The prediction for 2007-8 is 180. About 250 starts of affordable housing are predicted in the King’s Cross development – I asked if it was thought this would be affecting by the credit crunch and the claim was that it wouldn’t be.)
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Does the 16,000 on the waitlist include people who have a council property but are waiting for a more suitable one (e.g. families from small flat to house), or is that exclusively people who are currently renting privately?
Comment by john b — July 16, 2008 @ 11:03 am
That also includes people looking for more suitable properties.
Comment by Natalie Bennett — July 16, 2008 @ 8:59 pm