The latest local authority housing statistics illustrate
the continuing decline in the numbers of council housing, revealing that
councils in England owned 1.6 million dwellings on 1 April 2017 - a decrease
from the 3.67 million homes owned on 1 April 1994 due to Right to Buy sales,
large scale voluntary transfers and demolitions. The council housing stock in
England fell from 1,612,319 on 1 April 2016 to 1,601,565 on 1 April 2017. 99.2%
of the council owned stock is let at social rents with 0.8% let at affordable
rents (up to 80% of market rent). Read
more on the ARCH website.
http://www.arch-housing.org.uk/news/latest-news/over-2-million-fewer-council-homes.aspx
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