WE SUPPORT CAMPAIGN TO HELP HOMELESS

The need is desperate

for social housing

It is something that most politicians agree on, yet not one of them gets to grips with: Britain needs much more social housing..

Now the influential social  housing magazine Inside  Housing is giving a lead and  in  a new campaign is  calling for the next government to do what is needed and build social housing.

“ We are calling for all political parties to insert a commitment to build substantial numbers of social rent homes into their manifestos at the next general election” says Inside Housing`s current issue

The magazine goes on:

“The reasons for urgent action to deliver better outcomes for people in need of stable housing are painfully obvious. To quote just a few: right now there are more than 100,000 households living in temporary accommodation in England including131,370 children,14,000 households, including 9,130 children in Scotland, 4,465 households or 13,000 people inWales, and almost 4,000 households in Northern Ireland.

 These figures have been rising steadily and represent a blight on the lives of children, individuals and families across the UK. They are unacceptable and need to ch

“We are calling for all the main parties in the UK to commit to a major programme of building homes for social rent in their manifestos for the next general election.

“We are calling for all parties in England to pledge to build 90,000 homes a year over the next decade, or 900,000 in total. And we are calling on parties in Scotland to commit to 7,700 homes for social rent a year and 4,000 homes for social rent a year in Wales, adding up to at least another 11,000 homes a year in total.

“Organisations such as Shelter and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) have made similar calls, and in 2021, research for the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), the National Federation of ALMOs and the Local Government Association called for 100,000 new social homes a year.

“The figure we are using in Scotland is essentially a commitment to deliver on the figures in the existing Programme for Government and in Wales it is in line with the Welsh Government’s existing target to deliver 20,000 social homes for rent during the current Senedd term.”

Carlisle Tenants` and Residents` Federation which publishes this blog has for many years called for much more social housing and campaigned on the  inadequacies and failures of the present social housing structures, particularly the failed  housing associations.

A Federation spokesman said :”Congratulations to Inside Housing. Good luck with your campaign”.