An extra 100K houses a year would barely make any difference. You need to ramp up to 500K extra. And more. Freezing rents would stop even more property construction. (View Post)

Yes to all three, I believe. (View Post)

When you read the descriptions of the causes of rough sleeping, nearly none of them can be fixed by dictat. What can work is providing help to improve mental health, reduce drug dependency etc. But t… (View Post)

It depends on definition. But there are considered to be 300-400K people "homeless". With about 5,000 sleeping rough on the streets each night - as measured by the charities that are funded… (View Post)

And having encountered certain people in the charity world, they project a belief in a lack of compassion in others, because they lack it themselves. (View Post)