At least 104,000 people in Britain have been on waiting
lists for council-owned or ALMO homes, and at least 35,000 have been on the same
waiting lists for 10 years. The research was compiled by the Liberal Democrats
from 158 councils. It comes after one of Britain’s richest boroughs – where
some face waiting 25 years for a four-bed social home – announced new plans to
move homeless families out of the capital. Westminster City Council, which has
had 779 people on waiting lists for a decade, admitted it must make ‘difficult
choices’ to cut spiralling spending on temporary accommodation. Read more on
24housing.
Labour should have a single-minded focus on social housing | Letters
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A housebuilding drive for social rent will sell the government better than
any vague slogan, writes *Caroline Mozley*, while *Ken Guy *longs for party
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