Campaigners raise housing concerns (From York Press)

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  Anotherslownewsday wrote:
  A couple of things : I don't think you can totally blame York's shortage of affordable housing on the Council- i think central government policy should take the brunt of the blame.
  As for people living beyond their means and the inane comments about the capitalist system- i think you are the one who needs to get real- what good will it do to anyone if there a hundreds of homeless people after they are unable to pay the differences in rent. As we live in a welfare state it will cost more to rehouse them than pay for the difference in housing benefit. Not to worry though, i sense a u-turn on the horizon after the first few evictions.

  I don't think there will be many evictions though, some people affected will cut down on drinking, smoking and Sky Tv packages in order to keep their houses, some will negotiate rent reductions and others will move to cheaper towns.
  
  Bayley has been predicting scores of people leaving the city carrying their belongings on their backs for months now, one wonders whether he'd be as quick to criticise this move if Brown were still in number ten and it was his idea?"
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