People in a deprived east London borough now face a 50-year wait for a council house, a senior councillor from the area says in BBC documentary. It has 50 times more people on the housing waiting list than properties available. Darren Rodwell is also shown at a council meeting where he warns that London as whole is becoming “not sustainable for the most vulnerable”. But at the same time, the London housing boom has seen local property prices rocket by almost 40% since 2008. Another case shown is Jodie, a 22-year-old student, who has spent three years moving between friends’ sofas with her partner and, for two of them, her infant son, waiting to move up the council housing list.

Source: The Guardian October 19, 2016 06:56 UTC