I will present the final part of "Housing"
In 1993 it was estimated that there were half a million homeless
people in Britain- that’s one of the highest proportions of the
population in all the countries of Europe. The supply of council
housing is limited and has decreased since the 1980s because of the
sale of council houses and the lack of money available for building
new ones. In addition, many council houses and flats were badly
built and are now uninhabitable.
In the early 1990s, many people who previously thought that they
were secure in their own homes suddenly faced the prospect of
homelessness. At that time, when the country was going through an
economic boom and housing prices were rising, people bought their
houses. A lot of people lost their jobs and can’t afford the monthly mortgage payments.
Most homeless families are provided with temporary
accommodation in boarding houses by their local council. Some
families, and many single people, find even more temporary shelters
for the homeless which are run by charitable organizations.
Thousands of single people simply live on the streets, where they “sleep rough”.
Solving the problem of homelessness is not a political priority for the
British government, partly because the level of public awareness of
the situation is low. In many cases, the homeless are those with
personal problems that make it difficult for them to settle down. In
some cases, they are people who simply don’t want to “settle down”
and who wouldn’t class themselves as homeless.
Above is my group's presentation, thank you everyone for listening