1.15 Million Households ‘Stuck’ On Social Housing Waiting Lists

Some 1.15 million households are stuck on social housing waiting lists, while there was a net loss of over 17,000 social homes in the last year, new research reveals. That 1.15 million figure is confirmed in Government figures for 2019 and represents an increase of by 4% in the last year. Against this, there are over 17,000 fewer social homes than last year, as 23,740 were sold or demolished and just 6,287 delivered. Even more social rent homes have been lost through conversion to less affordable forms of renting. Read more on 24housing.

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