On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:47:46 +0000, Alang
wrote:
>>IME travellers have no problem with providing "proof" of address. The
>>other group would be the homeless and people living in hostels and
>>B&Bs provided by social care.
>
>What is 'social care'?
Basic living requirements (food & shelter) that is given by the
government to people who are not able to provide it for themselves.
>And why do you think it provides hostels and B&Bs?
Because I know of people who have been housed that way. People too
old to be fostered or placed in a childrens' home but who are homeless
and considered vulnerable.
>> I can believe that few of those people
>>would have a bank account - or any need for one. But I would not
>>regard such people as living in a "household" nor that they form any
>>significant proportion of the population.
>That's something we don't know unless you have the results of a survey
I know that nowhere close to 1 in 12 people are living in hostels and
B&B without needing a survey.
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Cynic
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