Half Of New Homes Needed To Cope With Migrant Influx

Nearly half of all new homes built in England in the next five years are needed to cope with the influx of migrants, official figures have suggested. The Government has forecast that high levels of net immigration will lead to the creation of 95,000 new households a year. But ministers have only set a target of building 1 million new homes in England by 2020, equivalent to 200,000 a year. This suggests that almost half will be needed to help accommodate the expected arrival of 217,000 migrants annually. Read more on the Daily Telegraph website.