Homelessness rises 56%

AG47

What does this mean for property values going forward?

Either rents and property fall a long way or homelessness worse

worried_jim

56% of what? 50 people to start with now 77?

kilby_007

worried_jim wrote: »

56% of what? 50 people to start with now 77?

That's generally how the maths works, yes 1.56 times the previous homeless figures which in 2014 was 54,000 for England alone, and that's just the people who registered as homeless with their local authority, so not a trivial figure...

michaels

More people, no more houses. I blame the brexit vote.

mrginge

kilby_007 wrote: »

That's generally how the maths works, yes 1.56 times the previous homeless figures which in 2014 was 54,000 for England alone, and that's just the people who registered as homeless with their local authority, so not a trivial figure...

So the headline could be 'massive improvements in local authority homeless registration scheme'

kilby_007

mrginge wrote: »

So the headline could be 'massive improvements in local authority homeless registration scheme'

Spin it whichever way you like!