£3.2 Billion Needed to Make All Homes Decent

Social landlords will need to spend another £3.2 billion to make all of their housing stock decent. Sir Bob Kerslake, chief executive of the HCA, revealed the full scale of the challenge as it emerged London mayor Boris Johnson could develop a ‘beyond decent homes’ standard for social homes in London. Sir Bob revealed ‘To finish the job will require something like £3.2 billion’. Sir Bob said planned reforms of the housing subsidy system could help councils that have already made their homes decent maintain them into the future. But he said councils that still had substantial numbers of non-decent homes would need more help. Read the full story on Inside Housing.
Decent homes in figures
£3.2 billion: value of outstanding decent homes work
397,000: non-decent council properties (approximately 14 per cent of the overall English social housing stock.)
182,000: other non-decent social homes