Quote Originally Posted by life on mars View Post
Not my intention at all , I happened to observe the Eastern Europeans in a small area of Cardiif who I observed on the day how many I bumped into on the day , I saw this post wondered of the millions that have entered what pecentage has effected this statistic , its a genuine question .

Equally the pressure on housing would be effected if house building had not kept pace with migration ?

It's not political scoring point it's a question as this change in our society has been overseen by many Goverments.
I would imagine migrants represent a significantly higher proportion of those who are homeless than they typically should in percentage terms. What causes people to become homeless? In my opinion two key factors are low income and low/non-existent support network and these are two characteristics that are definitely more likely to apply to migrants.

Homelessness is a massive problem in London, there is no lack of homes/space. I don't think homelessness has a great deal of correlation with a lack of housing. Unfortunately houses are an investment in the UK and people step over homeless people until there is a telethon or something trending on twitter, then we give ourselves a big pat on the back for being thoughtful and generous.