Million More Homes Needed For Vulnerable People

Nearly one million more new properties could be needed in England by 2021 for those on housing benefit, according to research by Cambridge University and homelessness charity Centrepoint.  In a new report, the organisations estimated that 934,388 extra sub-market housing units - those for social rent or accessible to tenants in the private rented sector on housing benefit - will be needed in addition to planned current supply.  It said that 137,535 of these would be required by people under 25, with such young people facing more barriers than ever to accessing housing. Read more on Inside Housing.