Detail Down and Out in London; Slum Landlords   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 401 no. 8765 (Dec. 2011), page 38-39. Topik: Lessors; Housing; Welfare Reform Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.69 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel Tucked between Tower Hamlets and the Thames, Newham is a poor place, the second most deprived local authority in England. Its people have long been diverse and transient, many of them immigrants who came to escape persecution, or to work in its docks and factories, and left when they could. Today only about a third of Newham's residents are white Britons, and almost one in three residents has moved in since 2007. High Street North in East Ham is a dizzying melange of South Asian fabrics, Polish stores, Africans clustering outside telecoms shops and room-for-rent notices in Tamil. Among Newham's horror stories is the small house in Forest Gate where inspectors found 32 people living last summer (another trip to the area on December 13th revealed 11 people sharing a single room). A commercial refrigerator in Romford Road was housing two. Newham's housing problems are extreme. But the borough also signals a bigger, and growing, problem. Throughout Britain, private landlords are absorbing all the pressure in the market at a time when council housing is harder to get, not many homes are being built and fewer people can raise the money to buy a home. In 2010 the private-rental sector provided 17% of all accommodation in England, up from 9% in 2000. Things are likely to get rougher as central-government cuts to housing subsidies come into full effect next year. Other welfare reforms too will probably push people from the pricier parts of London into places like Newham. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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