Housing Crisis 'Deepening By the Day', Warns Alliance

Half way through the parliamentary term the coalition government is failing to fix Britain’s broken housing market, leading housing groups have warned. In their third ‘Housing Report’ the National Housing Federation, Shelter and The Chartered Institute of Housing say overcrowding, homelessness, housing costs and affordability in the private rental market are all getting worse, reflecting the rising numbers of people struggling to keep a roof over their head. In four other areas including housing supply, planning and homeownership the report says the government has made ‘no progress’. Despite a stream of initiatives aimed at getting the housing market moving house building remains at historic lows.  Download a copy of the repoprt from the CIH website.