"Homelessness Crisis Looms for Future Generations: Charity Sounds Alarm on England's Social Housing Shortage. A stark warning has been issued by housing charity Shelter, revealing that unless the government takes immediate action to address the crippling council housing debt, generations of children in England will grow up without a stable home. The charity's research has uncovered a staggering 1.3 million households languishing on waiting lists for social housing, with a meager 12,000 new homes built last year to meet the demand. With the current pace of delivery, it would take a staggering 119 years to clear the waiting lists, leaving vulnerable families and children without access to affordable housing. As the crisis deepens, Shelter's call to action highlights the urgent need for the government to address the root causes of England's social housing shortage and ensure that every child has a safe and secure place to call home."
Research shows generations of children in England will grow up homeless unless government addresses council housing debt, charity saysIt would take more than a century to clear the social housing waiting lists in England at the government’s current speed of delivering new social homes, research by Shelter has shown.The housing charity found that more than 1.3m households are on a waiting list for a social home, but only 12,198 were built by councils, housing associations or private developers across England last year. This equates to an average of 110 households waiting for every new social home delivered, and it would take 119 years to clear the waiting lists if building continued at the same rate. Continue reading...
