Tories' £570million Housing Scheme Builds Just 47 Affordable Homes in THREE YEARS

David Cameron’s flagship £570million scheme to tackle Britain’s housing crisis has built fewer than 50 affordable homes, damning figures reveal. The Prime Minister claimed two years ago that his “Get Britain Building” project would see 16,000 new homes built and tens of thousands of new jobs created. But of just 715 new properties which have been built so far, only 47 are affordable family homes. Labour said it was a disgrace that just 7% of homes under the scheme were affordable. The programme was first announced in November, 2011 with a promise of 16,000 homes and 30,000 jobs. Read more on the Daily Mirror website.