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Originally Posted by Osem
That 'priority' clearly doesn't prevent so many of them winding up sleeping rough does it. Physically fit younger males don't tend to get elevated to the top of many 'priority' lists. Maybe what's on offer to them either isn't sufficiently well communicated or maybe they feel they're better off sleeping rough than in a hostel. Quite probably there are people who're above them in the list of 'priority' cases - e.g. elderly, women, disabled. There are only so many places available after all. In any event my point was about those who publicly offer charity to people from around the globe whilst apparently overlooking the needy closer to home.
I'd be a bit happier about allowing hundreds of thousands of people into the UK every year if we were managing to look after those who are already here and had the services to cope with the influx. We clearly don't and can't keep up.
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Yes they do , ex-forces take the highest priority over anyone else
source: someone who used to work directly with a london borough council on housing benefit. now working nationally on housing benefit for multiple LGO's.
There are also areas (Middlesbrough is one) where there are many more empty properties than there are homeless.
Whilst I'll grant you communication could probably be improved the information is all readily available on the internet and from places such as Citizens Advice you just have to look.
Perhaps the stress on services such as the NHS could be reduced by people not running to the Dr. every time they have a cold/sore throat/sniffle. In secondary care A&E the amount of ****heads who cant control themselves