London: Subsidising  poverty or distributing population according to means?

An article published by The Guardian indicates that those do not own accommodation are given the option to relocate to other parts of the country where rental prices are lower or to become homeless.

The article refers to millions of Pound being paid to private companies to help relocate families away from  London, from Birmingham and from other local authorities  to regions where there is cheaper accommodation.

When the realities of the rental accommodation market bite, local authorities cannot afford to subsidise  housing and therefore recur to the nearest best thing which is to relocate families to areas where housing is affordable.

Local authorities have been spending much of their budgets to support households that are not making enough money to be able to afford the costs of housing and this is literally breaking the bank. Birmingham has been reportedly cutting down vital services and increasing taxation to maintain an unsustainable situation.

Personally, I do not own a flat in Central London and there might be a reason for that. Some areas of Central London have some of the most expensive rented accommodation in the country as a whole. I could unjustifiably claim that I am entitled to receive monies from taxes to pay for such rented accommodation. Or I could decide that since I cannot afford such rented accommodation I would try and find suitable accommodation elsewhere.

Whether you are white, black, Asian or whatever else, the fact remains that you cannot afford to stay in a certain area and you have to find an adequate residence somewhere else. Unfortunately, those who make the argument in favour of subsidies practically always use the race card as if being of a member of a certain ethnic group was some sort of green card  to have access or a certificate of entitlement. There is no such entitlement. 

Another argument is that when a certain area of the country is considered 'rundown', those people elect to represent them have a role to play to ensure that any 'rundown area' is not a 'rundown area' for long. Lack of economic activity is very much one of the root causes. Economic activity combined with proper infrastructure and services standards that change things for the better. Subsidising poverty is never the answer. Subsidising poverty makes poverty endemic because we are just dealing with the symptoms. We are not dealing with the causes.

Emergency accommodation is not meant to be permanent accommodation. Using the race card to justify the unjustifiable is step in the wrong direction. If I can create 100,000 housings units outside the big cities, then the idea would be to create functioning communities with acceptable standards in terms of services and infrastructure outside the big cities where prices will naturally be more affordable.