Just on the Folkestone Road issue, competition is fierce...
Homeless families to be expelled from London by councils
"Guardian research shows London councils have acquired rental properties in Luton, Northampton, Broxbourne, Gravesend, Dartford, Slough, Windsor, Margate, Hastings, Epping Forest, Thurrock and Basildon, and are considering accommodation as far away as Manchester, Hull, Derby, Nottingham, Birmingham and Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales.
Councils said the move was inevitable because there was virtually no suitable private rented temporary accommodation for larger families in London that was affordable within government-imposed housing benefit allowances, which are capped at £400 a week."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/nov/04/london-boroughs-housing-families-outside-capital