Migrants banned from housing waiting lists for up to five years

[joebloggs]

i doubt this will happen, any immigrants with kids, the local council i believe have a legal right to house them, but why should Brits who've been on the waiting list for years be pushed further down the waiting list

David Cameron is to unveil a new immigration crackdown with migrant families kept off council house waiting lists until they have lived in Britain for up to five years.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...ive-years.html

[grahamw48]

It has always been total nonsense that any kind of migrant should be housed ahead of local people in properties that are paid for, or at the very least subsidised by BRITISH TAXPAYERS !

I have given up on this country and the fools that are permitted to run it though.

[Terpe]

i doubt this will happen, any immigrants with kids, the local council i believe have a legal right to house them, but why should Brits who've been on the waiting list for years be pushed further down the waiting list

More polically motivated xenophobia

It's not a new policy at all and already happens in many areas.
The EHRC (Equality and Human Rights Commission) say that there's no evidence that social housing allocation favours foreign migrants over UK citizens.
As it stand right now Immigration status already impacts entitlement to social housing.
Generally speaking, eligibilty for social housing states migrants need settled status (ILR) or be an EU worker giving them the right to stay in the UK.
Again, generally speaking most new migrants, including asylum-seekers, students and work visa holders have no entitlement to social housing.

My point is that we suffer with career politicians who only have their own interests at heart.
These highly imaginative and new policies are already in place and have been for some years.

[joebloggs]

to some extent your right Terpe, but if they are Europpean and have kids then i'm sure the local council has a legal obligation to house them if they are homeless , sure they might say that they will have to go in a hostel for a while, but how many do, and we know councils use to keep a number of houses empty for emergiencies.

http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_ad..._eea_nationals

[Terpe]

to some extent your right Terpe, but if they are Europpean and have kids then i'm sure the local council has a legal obligation to house them if they are homeless , sure they might say that they will have to go in a hostel for a while, but how many do, and we know councils use to keep a number of houses empty for emergiencies.

http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_ad..._eea_nationals

Exactly.
The key to resolving a huge part of the current immigration concern is relating to EU regulations on Free-Movement.

But let me ask this joe, what % of families currently in social housing are EU immigrants?
No need to be precise, just a ballpark indicator. 5%, 10%, 20% 40% ??

Governments of any colour WILL NOT do anything to balance EU migration. Period.

[joebloggs]

who knows, the gov doesn't or the councils...

what i can tell you, i had to wait nearly a year to get offered anything, and i've lived in the same area and worked in the same area all my life, and you know my circumstances at the time, but still had to wait

http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/brie...r/document/260