That's a little more like it.subsub wrote:Sure:Roy Twing wrote:if you wish to debate my statement regarding mass immigration, feel free to do
https://www.theguardian.com/housing-net ... ing-crisis
In a speech in December 2012, Theresa May claimed that more than a third of all new housing demand in Britain was caused by immigration. “And there is evidence that without the demand caused by mass immigration, house prices could be 10% lower over a 20-year period,” she said. The statement mirrors a common trope in any debate on the housing crisis: the idea that it is caused by mass migration, and that without migration, Britain would have no need for more housing.
The London School of Economics report that May cited as the source for her claim also says: “In the early years even better off migrants tend to form fewer households as compared to the indigenous population; to live disproportionately in private renting; and to live at higher densities. However, the longer they stay, the more their housing consumption resembles that of similar indigenous households.”
This, in part, debunks the idea that immigration is the biggest strain on housing – new arrivals tend to live in denser households and take up less space.
https://www.housing.org.uk/blog/how-muc ... n-england/
the facts show that migration has not resulted in a disproportionate allocation of social rented homes to newly arriving migrants, an argument that can sometimes be heard in the context of the housing crisis. If we are speaking about the housing crisis the focus should be on the real factors that have led to exploding housing costs and rent levels in many parts of the country – the lack of supply of affordable homes of all types of tenure which we have failed to build for far too long.
Of course it is the guardian, and of course it refers to new housing, somewhat short of the full picture, even if accurate..
Here is a report from migrationwatch (I know, the opposite argument that I made regarding the guardian applies):
"Immigration is a major factor in the demand for housing. Official data shows that over the last fifteen years, two thirds (67%) of the additional households created in the UK were headed by a person born abroad."
https://www.migrationwatchuk.org/key-topics/housing
I think that gives a fuller picture but I'm sure you'll disagree.
What I find difficult to fathom is why so many fail to grasp the irrefutable truth that upwards of half a million more people arriving here each year MUST be a major factor, if not THE major factor in housing demand.