New Homeless Families Outnumber New Social Homes By 8 To 1

Eight families are now accepted as homeless by their local council for every one new social home built in England, new analysis shows. The NHF bases the 8 to 1 outnumbering on its interpretation of latest homelessness statistics. Government figures show that 42,810 families were accepted as homeless in England last year, 117 families every day, with more than two thirds of these single parents. In comparison only 5,385 new social rent homes were built in the same period – equivalent to 14 per day. Read more on the NHF website.

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