Tuesday, 22 July 2014

Sheffield Tops Council House Waiting List With 30,000

Sheffield has the highest waiting list for council houses in Yorkshire. Sheffield Council says more than 28,600 people are waiting to be housed. But officials added only a ‘small proportion’ are actively seeking properties, with fewer than 7,000 people putting in a bid since October. The figures have been issued in response to the GMB union naming Sheffield as the place in South Yorkshire with the highest number of people on a council housing waiting list. The GMB’s figures are from April 2013. They put the number of households in the city on the housing waiting list at that time at more than 60,000. Read more on the Sheffield Star website.

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