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Optimist · November 10th 16, 04:46 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 17:37 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), (Paul Cummins)
wrote:

In article , (Roland
Perry) wrote:

So you can't get housed faster - you need to wait at least six
months,
already live in the district and be able to bid ...

If your need is greater at the six month milestone than a local,
you'll get housed after six months, and the local sometime never,
having waited years. That's faster.

But surely your need is greater at the zero-day milestone, since you have
no housing at that stage. And. apparently can't get any, even though
locals at the zero-day stage can.

What I have been told happens is this. A dwelling is let to migrants who pay the rent regularly.
The tenants allow others to move in so the are overcrowded. The local authority is then obliged to
put them on the housing list. Because they are overcrowded they have more points so are rehoused
ahead of people with fewer points.