On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:24:52 +0000, Cynic
wrote:
>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.
AFAIAA the state only supplies money.
>
>>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've never heard of a state provided B&B or hostel. I *have* heard of
housing benefits.
>
>>> 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.
How about 1 in 60? |