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Theme 4: Quality Housing
Why is it a priority?
- Although house prices are lower than elsewhere in the South
East, the low level of household incomes in Thanet means that the
affordability gap is as great as the rest of the region
- The large number of households on low incomes or benefits in
Thanet means that the demand for affordable / social housing is
high and there are over 4,000 people or families on the Council
housing register
- Over 23,000 homes in the private sector fail the government’s
Decent Housing Standard. Over half of these are occupied by people
considered as vulnerable
- In Kent, 8% of homes are in the private rented sector; in
Cliftonville West, the figure is 59%
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