Sadly, it’s not just Cornwall (‘Real thuggery’: Cornwall boats vandalised amid ‘incomer’ tensions, 3 May). My son, who has lived in Norfolk for nearly 50 years and rents on the north coast, is finding a cycle ride to the supermarket has become a nightmare. On the narrow coastal road, he must cycle between crowded footpaths and large SUVs, angrily driven by holidaymakers.
My son has been trying for nearly a year to find somewhere inland to rent, for up to £800 a month, but has so far only been called for three viewings. Prices have rocketed: his flat was £600 a month just two years ago. Agents tell him that they are now receiving up to 80 enquiries for even very ordinary properties.
Hilary Wakeman
Norwich
• It’s high time we acknowledged that each of us can have only one home. Anything else is a spare house. The Guardian and its readers should lead the way in using this term to highlight the growing inequality in a society where so many struggle to keep one, often substandard, roof over their heads.
Joy Webb
Penistone, South Yorkshire
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