“Haha, has April Fool's day come early? What an uninformed and ignorant article! What makes anyone think Hull doesn't have it's own problems? (Hull is far from a 'seaside' town either, it's a huge City with is own housing crisis). If the local 'Councillors' new anything about homeless legislation they'd realise to gain a priority with ANY council you must have a 'local connection' to that area, which I presume will rule out 99.9% of these poor homeless families. Remember the Councillors who have made these promises this when its time to make a vote.....”

“It's grim up north! - whilst I would hate to be "evacuated" up to Hull, if the Local Authority has not got the housing what else can they do? However, it does seem a long way to rehouse or send homeless people. An important point was raised concerning the number of asylum seekers that are on that list as well - if they have no Croydon connections perhaps that is the answer - provide out of Borough accommodation and leave the residue of precious Croydon accommodation for those with close family ties within Croydon so they dont feel isolated from their nearest and dearest - none of us wants to become homeless but you never know what fortune or lack of it is around the corner. There will always be feckless people in the community that want "them" or "they" to provide but for the genuine it really is a nightmare.”

“i absolutly agree with both nicecityboy and the3rd....it is every reason why the welfare state needs to be got rid of except for the elderley and the most severley disabled....i as well as many others are sick and tired of having to subsidise the likes of wayne and waynetta slobb....people who think having mass amounts of children is more important than having a job and expect a house as well as money...GRATIS......it is common fact that the vast majority of people that live in bed and breakfast accomodation are there as a direct result of their own selfishness and utter stupidity.
majority of them thrown out of local authority housing for either antisocial behavior or they've spent their housing benefit on beer and takeaways !!!!!!!!!!!!!”

“Nothing is mentioned about the increased volume of asylum seekers who are given priority over others simply because they have to sign daily/weekly at UKBA.”

“I can't understand the lack of social housing, Croydon council needs to invest money in building basic affordable homes instead of digging up coulsdon and replacing the road and pavements with dangerous new one, also purely has once again under gone new pavements, at what cost? There are so many expensive apartments being built in Croydon,why? So many empty areas of land, Croydon needs to get building, shipping people off to Yorkshire is not the solution, the housing waiting list will never be empty so it's not a problem that is going to be solved by these measures.#ThisisChristmas”

“Nothing wrong with being moved to seaside towns. Probably a lot healthier.”

“Please, Advertiser, ask more questions. Who qualifies as "homeless families in Croydon"? Are these people who previously lived in Croydon, or people who have turned up in Croydon from elsewhere? If the latter, where were they living before? Were they born in the UK or have they settled here after camping out at Lunar House?

I have every sympathy with people who have had a house repossessed after losing their jobs, not everyone has a nestegg in the bank to pay the mortgage when a salary ceases, and if a wife is working part time a breadwinner won't get any help from the state while he looks for a non-existant job. I can also sympathise with a family whose landlord has evicted them for his convenience - so few private tenants have any security of tenure today. However, what proportion of Croydon's homeless come under these headings? I think we Council Taxpayers are entitled to know whom we are supporting and why. This article refers to families - how many more single homeless are there?

Dudley Mead says "I told officers to look outside of Croydon to find housing; after all that's what other boroughs do to us." This implies we are lumbered with other areas' homeless. WHY?

While researching my family's past, I come across lots of "Removal Orders" whereby a family who moved to another village to find work, but failed, were sent home to their Parish of birth to stop them being a drain on the new parish. Should we bring these back, telling people from Lambeth or Doncaster, or wherever to go home rather than expect a home in Croydon?

More info, please!!”

“The3rd this is what worries me, you are absolutely right. They have seen their parents sponge off the state all through childhood so it is normal for the feral youth of Croydon today to expect the same benefits. Guess who will pay for their lifestyles?”

“This is just part of the plot to rid London of it's poorer people the "Bills" currently going through parliament will mean more and more people are forced to leave places that they have often grown up in if they loose their jobs or suffer from poor health or even just get older and retire and have a poor pension to live on.”

“This situation will only get worse. When 100s of these brain dead feral children grow up, they will expect free housing too.”