New research was published that shows that 79% of renters are worried about the cost of their household bills.
This is at a time when bills are a hefty slice of UK households' expense budget, with the average UK household currently paying the equivalent of 20% of the average rent on their gas and electricity bills.
The research highlights a number of key issues:
Source: YouGov Plc online survey, 22nd and 24th September 2008.
Migrant workers come to the UK to seek employment but all too often find themselves living in expensive, overcrowded and poor-quality accommodation. A new report seeks to make a fresh assessment of this important issue.
In June 2008, the Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF) coordinated an in-depth consultation that brought together people with a wide variety of experiences and interests in this issue. The discussions led to a series of recommended actions to address current accommodation issues and create systems that will respond to future migration.
These recommendations are wide-ranging and varied to reflect the different impacts that migration has in different locations and communities. The report reflects that settled communities will benefit as much as migrant workers from these recommendations.
The report is titled Home from Home and its recommendations cover four broad areas of action:
A number of the recommendations relate directly to Environmental Health Officers and these can also be found in a separate summary.
BSHF is now hoping to drive forward some of the recommendations from the report and would be interested in hearing about examples of good practice or particular issues that are face relating to migrant workers - bshf@bshf.org
