Councils and housing associations are letting nearly
22,000 fewer homes for social rent each year than they were two years ago, the
latest Government figures show. A statistical release put out by the CLG shows
there were 261,163 social lettings by housing associations and 113,449 by
councils in 2015/16 compared to 270,659 and 125,812 respectively in 2013/14.
The cut in genuinely affordable homes comes after a period of sustained cut in
funding for building such dwellings, with grant funding for social rents all
but abolished. The Government has also beefed up its Right To Buy scheme which
has seen a sell-off of council housing to the private sector across the country.
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