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> it does feel weird to have more than 50% of social housing in the capital allocated to people not born in the country It's worth adding the context that more
by n4r9 11mo ago
> it does feel weird to have more than 50% of social housing in the capital allocated to people not born in the country
It's worth adding the context that more than two thirds of that 50% have a British passport [0], and that around 40% of London's population is foreign-born [1]. This is more a natural product of circumstance than it is anything to do with preferring immigrants over British-born individuals.
[0] https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/fact-check-foreigners-london-social-housing-b1232237.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/fact-check-foreigne...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_London