Around 94 percent of affordable homes in the Scarborough Borough are allocated to local people.
That's the reassurance from the borough's housing team who say that despite social housing being allocated on a North Yorkshire wide basis, the number of people being allocated homes in Scarborough from outside the borough is very small.
Andrew Rowe is the borough's housing manager:
He adds there are some special circumstances, but that the area actually exports more people than it imports:
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As the Yorkshire Coast experiences extremely warm weather, authorities are urging the public to be vigilant against wildfires following last summer's Fylingdales Moor incident.
Thousands of motorists have been caught out by mobile safety cameras across the region, as Humberside Police reveal the East Riding accounts for half of all road deaths in the Humber area.
Local artists in Scarborough have strongly criticised the council for using artificial intelligence instead of local talent to design a deckchair trail celebrating the town's 400th anniversary.
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