There’s critical shortage of social housing across the UK. This is most acute in England where we’re losing more homes for social rent than we’re building. Last year we saw a net loss of nearly 4,000 social rented homes against a backdrop of rising homelessness. There are record levels of households trapped in temporary accommodation and rough sleeping continues to rise, trends which are driven by a shortage of genuinely affordable homes.

Read the full article from HQM here.