Season's Greeetings to you all!The issue of homelessness is one that comes up regularly at Christmas. This BBC article reports a study by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors that shows over 760,000 houses are empty across the UK - while about 10% of that number of people are homeless or in temporary accommodation.
We know that Tesco's houses in London Road and Inkerman Road are contributing to this number of empty properties (and there may be a lot more in Tesco landbanks around the country, unfortunately). Remember Tesco promised in February to 'renovate six of the homes it owns in May or June, and all should be occupied by tenants by the end of this year.'
Obviously this has not happened.
You may ask how this fits with Tesco's pledge to 'be a good neighbour and run a business that is responsible, honest and fair'? Tesco must sort its act out quickly - and we need to keep urging St Albans District Council to make sure that it keeps its promises.
If you would like to help homeless people this Christmas, here's a link to Shelter's Christmas campaign!
2 comments:
I recieved a notice through the post that the peugeot garage on London Road is moving to hemel - another empty building for London Road
Tesco's latest promise was a planning application by Christmas to restore London Road properties.
This Christmas has passed, maybe they meant next Christmas!
ChrisA.
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