Property News · May 5, 2017

A Conservative election victory could spell the end of council housing


The Tories have declared war on social housing – yet we have an ownership system so broken that inheritance is the only answerAlmost 120,000 children live in temporary accommodation today. The number of families living in temporary homes rose from 50,000 in 2011–12 to 72,000 in 2015–16. Both numbers feature prominently in a new report from the public accounts committee (PAC), which slams the government’s housing policies for relying far too heavily on a broken market and the foolish belief that private developers will provide the solution. Justine Greening admitted at a social mobility conference it was better to be rich and mediocre than bright and poor Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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