The Chief Executive of the National Housing Federation, David Orr, makes a compelling argument for a change in government policy.
Citing a report by the Federation, he argues for an increase in government funding to build social rented housing, which has fallen from 36,000 starts in 2010/11 to slightly over 3, 000 the next year.
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“It is absurd that we’re spending less on building social housing than we did in the 90s – there are even more people today on housing waiting lists than then, despite increasingly stringent criteria. “We know we need more, better quality social housing.
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