Attached is a disturbing report from “Shelter” and below are some links to stories in the Liverpool Echo:

The media and the left wing need to take a close look at what is happening concerning the situation of rented housing, especially social housing for the most vulnerable within our society. Whilst the left wing keeps its head buried in international issues (which, don’t get me wrong, are important) hundreds of thousands of people are becoming homeless because of New Labour’s insistence on pushing ahead with new builds for sale rather than for rent “Heartland’s” agenda. Thousands of young families who have been cajoled by money grabbing estate agents to take on mortgages which are beyond their income. As time goes by many of these young families are going to lose there houses, further adding to the homeless peoples list. Even the moderate right wing Liverpool Echo is now being forced to publish what is going on becouse it is becomming quite obvious that this country is heading for a housing crisis.


Links to Liverpool Echo web site:

Families forced to live in hotels
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=14463717&method=full&siteid=50061

Give people right to own
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=14463719&method=full&siteid=50061

Eviction help for tenants
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=14901209&method=full&siteid=50061

Hostel is 'best of bad bunch'
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=14839259&method=full&siteid=50061

Family of five have to share one room
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=14812222&method=full&siteid=50061

Tenants face home crisis
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=14807484&method=full&siteid=50061

Dealers drove us out of home
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=14796300&method=full&siteid=50061

Family forced to leave home town
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/3100icsouthport/news/page.cfm?objectid=14601128&method=full&siteid=60252

Attack on homeless services
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=14589064&method=full&siteid=50061

Hounded out by neighbour from hell
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=14565940&method=full&siteid=50061

Homeless hit by closure
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=14237724&method=full&siteid=50061

Prices, not homes shortage, at heart of housing crisis
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/1100ichomes/0400advice/page.cfm?objectid=14857885&method=full&siteid=50061

Housing sales crisis
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/3300icormskirk/newsandsport/page.cfm?objectid=14570101&method=full&siteid=60252

Mike Lane
Families forced to live in hotels
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=14463717&method=full&siteid=50061

Give people right to own
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=14463719&method=full&siteid=50061

Eviction help for tenants
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=14901209&method=full&siteid=50061

Hostel is 'best of bad bunch'
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=14839259&method=full&siteid=50061

Family of five have to share one room
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=14812222&method=full&siteid=50061

Tenants face home crisis
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=14807484&method=full&siteid=50061

Dealers drove us out of home
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=14796300&method=full&siteid=50061

Family forced to leave home town
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/3100icsouthport/news/page.cfm?objectid=14601128&method=full&siteid=60252

Attack on homeless services
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=14589064&method=full&siteid=50061

Hounded out by neighbour from hell
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=14565940&method=full&siteid=50061

Homeless hit by closure
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=14237724&method=full&siteid=50061

Prices, not homes shortage, at heart of housing crisis
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/1100ichomes/0400advice/page.cfm?objectid=14857885&method=full&siteid=50061

Housing sales crisis
 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/3300icormskirk/newsandsport/page.cfm?objectid=14570101&method=full&siteid=60252