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Look at this extraordinary graph. It shows levels of housing overcrowding plotted against COVID-19 mortality rates.
Here's another graph, showing the average coronavirus mortality rates among areas with different levels of the population in temporary accommodation:
It's an incredibly complex picture obviously, but it's hard not to feel the housing crisis must be a key driving factor in this pandemic. @grayee, of Newham Council - the worst affected in the country in both areas - calls coronavirus "a housing disease".
Here's our exclusive analysis of the link between COVID-19 and the housing crisis: https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/the-housing-pandemic-four-graphs-showing-the-link-between-covid-19-deaths-and-the-housing-crisis-66562
Also, check this hard-hitting feature from @luciemheath about what it's like to spend lockdown in temporary accommodation.
For those wondering, here's the coronavirus mortality rates data we have used: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsinvolvingcovid19bylocalareasanddeprivation/latest
And here's the overcrowding data (a little old but still the most authoritative): https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/qs412ew
And here's the temporary accommodation data (detailed LA level tables, TA1): https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness
I’d say its more like if we had a housing system in this country which enabled everyone to live in homes big enough for their needs, our society might not be so vulnerable to infectious diseases
