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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A former training site in Scarborough is set to be transformed into a specialist construction centre to help tackle workforce shortages on the Yorkshire Coast.
Holiday accommodation on the Yorkshire Coast could face a five per cent price hike under new government plans, prompting local businesses to warn the levy could devastate the region's tourism sector.
A spectacular collection of classic vehicles are setting off from Robin Hood's Bay on Saturday before embarking on a 500-mile charity tour along Britain's ancient Roman roads.
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