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Our housing crisis has been building for years

Our housing crisis has been building for years
There seems very little evidence that government is planning anything joined up when it comes to solving the housing shortfall
Government will pay landlords 5 times more than it will spend on affordable housing in next 4 years

Government will pay landlords 5 times more than it will spend on affordable housing in next 4 years
The £58bn housing benefit bill dwarfs the £11.5bn Affordable Homes Programme, think tank New Economics Foundation has found
Sadiq Khan’s Right to Buy-back scheme leads to return of 1,500 council homes

Sadiq Khan’s Right to Buy-back scheme leads to return of 1,500 council homes
Fourteen London councils have been given £152 million to purchase 1,577 homes that have been or will be converted to social rent or to house homeless families.
Right to Buy: Fewer than half of homes sold off in the last year have been replaced
Right to Buy: Fewer than half of homes sold off in the last year have been replaced
Labour would allow communities to crack down on holiday lets and buy failed football clubs
Labour would allow communities to crack down on holiday lets and buy failed football clubs
Revealed: At least 30,000 people have waited 10 years for social housing

Revealed: At least 30,000 people have waited 10 years for social housing
Will 50-year mortgages help tackle the housing crisis?

Will 50-year mortgages help tackle the housing crisis?
Help to Build scheme asks Brits to tackle the housing crisis – but ‘won’t reach those in need’

Help to Build scheme asks Brits to tackle the housing crisis – but ‘won’t reach those in need’
Boris Johnson’s plans to expand Right to Buy housing scheme labelled ‘baffling and unworkable’

Boris Johnson’s plans to expand Right to Buy housing scheme labelled ‘baffling and unworkable’
Right to Buy: Boris Johnson’s plan to extend scheme branded the ‘opposite of what the country needs’
