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The problem lies not in unsafe homes, but in the carelessness of their inhabitants.
Rogue landlords are earning £5.6bn in rent on unsafe homes that put tenants in danger, including £1.3bn in housing benefit, according to a report from Citizens Advice.
Researchers at the charity Citizen's Advice found in May this year that tenants are made to hand landlords £5.6bn a year to live in unsafe homes which do not meet legal standards.
Some, in the most heavily affected areas, have seen their unsafe homes demolished and have been forced to move to suburbs that were spared the effects of the violent quake.
The results can be tragic for children: separating them from their gay or lesbian parents, and sometimes leaving them in unsafe homes simply because the other household is "straight".
The Minnesota Department of Human Services admits that only 7.5% of children in unsafe homes are removed from them for any length of time.There is perhaps a less altruistic motivation behind the protests, too, one that has to do with suburbanites alarmed at the prospect of 200-odd poor kids moving in just around the corner.
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She was found guilty of one of the felonies, creating an unhealthy and unsafe home environment.
It came a day after the Meriden mother, Judith Scruggs, was found guilty of putting her son at risk by creating an unsafe home environment.
Re "After Son's Suicide, Mother Is Convicted Over Unsafe Home" (news article, Oct. 7): The conviction of Judith Scruggs of Meriden, Conn., is disheartening.
The ruling reversed Ms. Scruggs's conviction on one felony count of putting her child at risk by creating an unhealthy and unsafe home.
The pupil premium is great, but not much help if you are being evicted because of the bedroom tax, or living in a substandard or unsafe home, or missing out on a good breakfast.
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