Home repossession threat an increasingly common problem

Wed, 02 Nov 2011

The threat of home repossession is becoming an increasingly common problem for families in the UK, it has been suggested.

Graeme Brown, director of homelessness charity Shelter Scotland, noted the group has seen rising numbers of people contacting the organisation since the economic downturn began to take hold, the Scotsman reports.

The industry figure explained being forced out of a property is not a situation solely reserved for the poor or those on the edge of society.

He observed Shelter Scotland's law service has witnessed a 40 per cent jump in the number of individuals complaining that they are being threatened with repossession should they prove unable to pay back the money they owe.

A clear change in the type of person getting in touch with the charity is evident, Mr Brown pointed out, adding: "The number of people contacting the advice centre is on the rise and the number of professionals and families with children contacting us is particularly striking."

Shelter has been operating north of the border since 1968, having been founded in England by the Reverend Bruce Kenrick in 1966.

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