Four out of five MPs believe the housing crisis is the biggest issue in their constituency.

In a cross-party survey for homelessness charity Shelter, more than 40% of the 98 MPs questioned said their constituents had complained of high rents causing financial hardship.

A third said high prices meant constituents could not own their homes.

Shelter鈥檚 campaign director, Ben Jackson, said: 鈥淭his poll shows that housing is one of the issues that, when people look to the future, they simply see becoming worse, not better.鈥�

Helen Clarke, Labour MP for Peterborough, said: 鈥淔our out of five casework discussions in my constituency are about housing and when I go door-knocking, it鈥檚 all about housing.

鈥淯nless you get proper housing you are not going to get proper health, education, law and order or economic prosperity.鈥�

The poll was carried out in July.

Source

Housing Today