What’s happening to rented social housing in England?
Social housing is low cost rented housing and low cost home ownership for people who may not be able to access the private market. It includes council housing and homes provided by housing associations. In this piece we’ll be focusing on rented accommodation available in the social housing sector. Housing is a devolved issue so the […]
Britain could end homelessness in a decade, claims new report
Homelessness in Britain could be eradicated within 10 years with the correct measures in place, according to a report. Government policies needed to end homelessness have been set out in a report by charity Crisis called Everybody In: How To End Homelessness In Great Britain. The plan has been endorsed by experts in the US, Canada and Finland, […]
Social housing stock has fallen over the last 30 years
The size of the social housing sector has been decreasing over time. The proportion of the population living in social housing in Great Britain halved between the early 1980s and early 2010s, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. The IFS puts this down to two key developments: the introduction of Right to Buy in 1980, which […]