New research carried out by Shelter shows the impact the lack of affordable housing is having on families’ lives. In particular, 1.5 million adults say they are unable to look after their elderly parents because they cannot afford to live near them.

Source: http://england.shelter.org.uk/news/february_2010/affordability_crisis_fractures_families

Shelter is a national charity that works to alleviate the distress caused by homelessness and bad housing through advice, information and advocacy to people in housing need, and by campaigning for lasting political change.