Public/subsidised housing ?
Better get in line behind the teenage single mothers, the released offenders, the asylum seekers, the illegal immigrants, the deliberately 'homeless', the battered wives, the drug addicts, the mentally ill, the physically ill, the old without savings, the East Europeans with 5 kids, the council house swappers, and anyone else who can come up with a hard-luck story.
You can probably count on a 20 year wait in most 'decent' areas, if you're just a normal (to use Cameron's favourite expression) hard-working family.
