Memorandum by Mr Dave Holliday (SRH 07)
From experience, dealing almost entirely at
the "cheapest end" of the private rented sector, I have
formed the opinion that the reproduction of the human race is
the most important factor. Commonly-held and taught are the three
human needs: food, shelter and sexual reproduction and, whilst
in a developed country with lower birth rates, there is undeniably
population growth—just the other day it were announced that
UK has exceeded 60 million—and concomitant demand for more
space.
I have visited too many bedsits in houses in
multiple occupation (HMO ), where there are children in wholly
unsuitable housing conditions, sharing a room with one or both
parents and sharing bathroom/wc with many more; those children
of school age must return to their home, try to study, do homework,
whatever; and of course, whilst renting accommodation the monies
paid in rent, in truth, does little more than line the pockets
of the proprietor.
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