This government uses housing as a marker of social success,fueling contempt for asylum seekers, the destitute, or the marginalised and the homelessThree stories that initially seem unconnected tell us a lot about the political climate this year. The first,that homes for destitute asylum seekers were marked out by red doors by contractors, leaving inhabitants terrified because they were vulnerable to abuse and attacks. The moment, and that David Cameron planned to demolish “sink estates”,arguing that they attract crime. The third, the horrific myth of a suspected murder of a homeless man found dead and set alight next to a tent in Salford.
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Source: theguardian.com