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A new report from Crisis said that an ever depleting supply of social homes meant that housing associations were using strict criteria to choose new tenants, and people on low incomes and in receipt of benefits were having applications denied due to being deemed too risky.
This was so predictable. The answer is to build much more social housing, and compulsorarily purchase long-term empty properties.
#Housing #SocialHousing #Poverty
theguardian.com/society/2025/d…
People on lowest incomes being denied access to social housing, research finds
Benefit claimants having applications denied for being deemed too risky by housing associations, says CrisisJessica Murray (The Guardian)
RE: mastodon.social/@tess/11561345…
Fascinating article. Take 15 mins to read. Eye opening!
Dana Fried (@tess@mastodon.social)
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.Mastodon
"California has the highest poverty rate of any US state"
"California boasts more billionaire residents than any other state"
Life in the USA.
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/n…
#poverty #SanFrancisco #SFBayArea
Bay Area’s poverty soared, data shows, as California’s top earners saw windfalls
Poverty rate jumped from 12.2% to 16.3% in 2023 in state, Tipping Point Community report findsVictoria Bekiempis (The Guardian)
a 17 year-old homeless teenager prostituted herself for orthodontic care and the pedophile #MattGaetz was one of her rapists; because, let’s be clear: this is how #pedophiles #ephebophiles use poverty ―to #rape.
it’s coercion ―as in, there is no #consent―, when a teenager resorts to #prostitution to survive #poverty.
yes, teenagers have agency, but this isn’t one of those moments.
rich men exploiting poverty-stricken teenagers are rapists.
nytimes.com/2025/11/13/us/poli…
Research in Practice have our annual adults conference today on the impact of poverty in adult social care. This blogpost covers what we'll be looking at researchinpractice.org.uk/adul… Will be tweeting for us in the bad place using #PartnershipC, will also post what stuck out for me here using the same hashtag
