Poverty kills. Poverty causes abuse. There is nothing noble about being poor. And here we are thinking we’re so smug in such a rich country that poverty is a thing of the past. But some might disagree. And this isn’t about that respectable poverty that’s almost braggable at dinner parties.
Shelter was in Torquay recently and pointed out that the South West ‘is the second most unaffordable region in the country, house prices now average around 10 times the average income, while the region is host to 22 per cent of all second homes in England – the most in the UK. Furthermore, around 35 per cent of council housing stock has been lost through the Right to Buy since the scheme was introduced.’
If you’re in doubt about the way poverty and poor housing affects people’s lives get a copy of Waiting for the future, poems by children on poverty and bad housing, from Shelter. It’s £5.
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