Posted 16.02.22
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Nearly seven in 10 social housing residents surveyed (69%) aren't hopeful for the future of their local community after lockdown, according to the latest output from the Resident Voice Index initiative.
The Community Support & Life After Lockdown report is based on a survey of more than 4,100 respondents from across the UK, who expressed their views on how the pandemic impacted their levels of loneliness, resilience and optimism.
Adults under 35 were the age group most affected, the survey revealed. Members of this age group emerged as the loneliest overall and were more likely to fall into 'extreme' loneliness, with more than twice as many feeling lonely "often/always" than before the pandemic (33% compared to 16%).
Compounding these findings, this group displayed the lowest levels of resilience and were more likely to dislike where they lived. Nearly 4 in 10 (37%) were notably pessimistic about their future.
The Resident Voice Index, developed by MRI Software, is an independent project that anonymously gathers the views of social housing residents in the UK.
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