A vote was held in the British parliament 8 years ago to decide if rented homes should be fit for human habitation.
The ruling Conservative party didn't think they should be as this would be too costly for landlords. They won the vote.
The alternative to squalor? 1 in 24 of all primary school children in London are homeless.
#GreatBritain
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly21w7qewvo
Sorry to start #Today with gloom it's just that I find it so upsetting how we treat the most vulnerable in our society.
The ruling Conservative party didn't think they should be as this would be too costly for landlords. They won the vote.
The alternative to squalor? 1 in 24 of all primary school children in London are homeless.
#GreatBritain
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly21w7qewvo
Sorry to start #Today with gloom it's just that I find it so upsetting how we treat the most vulnerable in our society.
Family live with sewage spills and maggots in 'horrific' temporary housing
Fauzia's family are one of a record 123,000 households living in temporary accommodation in England.Eleanor Lawrie and Michael Buchanan (BBC News)
