Build 100,000 Social Rent Homes a Year and Slash the Housing Benefit Bill

Investing in 100,000 new social homes a year would save the country billions of pounds in housing benefit, according to new major research. And the report from Capital Economics says “the economic and fiscal case for building new social rent housing is unanswerable". Compiled on behalf of the housing campaign SHOUT and the National Federation of ALMOs, the 'Building More Social Rent Homes' report warns that, if left unchecked, current housing policies will see the cost of housing benefit soar to nearly £200 billion over the next few decades. Download a copy of the report from the Housingnet website.