Two Thirds of Homes Built Since 1997 Have Foreign-Born Owners

A new survey has revealed that since 1997, two thirds of all new homes built in Britain have a foreign-born head of the household.

The national survey, commissioned by MigrationWatchUK, revealed that of the 2.7 million households created in the UK since 1997, almost 1.8 million of them housed a senior figure who was born overseas. The independent, non-political body, which campaigns for stricter immigration control, said their report highlighted just how much immigration was attributing to pressure in the housing market.

MigrationWatchUK's chairman, Lord Green of Deddington, said:

"Communities all over the country are being asked to accept new housing developments without being told that, across the country, most of the additional households are nowadays due to immigration.

"It is surely obvious that, a major reduction in immigration is essential to reduce the acute pressure on housing which we are now facing."

"We call for the government to publish an official estimate of the impact of immigration on housing demand - past, present and future.

"This has to be a key part of any informed debate about both immigration and housing."

In data from 2014, the number of households in the UK had increased to 26.5 million, with 3.73 million being foreign-born.

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Mandy Peters LLP

Immigration Solicitors