{"id":66778,"date":"2017-09-19T06:01:01","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T23:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/social-housing-crisis-can-no-longer-be-ignored-says-housing-chief\/"},"modified":"2017-09-19T06:09:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T23:09:07","slug":"social-housing-crisis-can-no-longer-be-ignored-says-housing-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/social-housing-crisis-can-no-longer-be-ignored-says-housing-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Social housing crisis can no longer be ignored, says housing chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nDavid Orr says Grenfell Tower fire highlighted neglect of sector government must urgently make money available The government must act urgently to address a lack of new social housing, and the Grenfell Tower fire shows this is a crisis that can no longer be ignored, according to the head of the organisation representing housing associations.In a speech to the conference of the National Housing Federation, David Orr will say it is \u201cabsurd\u201d that the government is spending less on social housing now than in the 1990s while paying increasing sums to private landlords via housing benefit. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2017\/sep\/19\/social-housing-crisis-can-no-longer-be-ignored-says-housing-chief\" target=\"_blank\">Social housing crisis can no longer be ignored, says housing chief<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; David Orr says Grenfell Tower fire highlighted neglect of sector government must urgently make money&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-hn4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":87707,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mps-urge-government-to-release-cash-for-removal-of-grenfell-style-cladding\/","url_meta":{"origin":66778,"position":0},"title":"MPs urge government to release cash for removal of Grenfell-style cladding","date":"May 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Legal disputes over who should pay to refit buildings which failed fire tests delaying worksMPs have called on the government to urgently release cash to accelerate the removal of combustible Grenfell-style cladding which remains fully in place on 54 social housing blocks and dozens more private apartment towers across\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":58512,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/londons-housing-crisis-comes-back-to-the-fore\/","url_meta":{"origin":66778,"position":1},"title":"London\u2019s housing crisis comes back to the fore","date":"June 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The fire at Grenfell Tower should prompt a radical policy overhaul\r \r Source : ft.com\r Read more...London\u2019s housing crisis comes back to the fore","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":86741,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/social-housing-is-not-just-a-safety-net-for-the-few-sayeeda-warsi\/","url_meta":{"origin":66778,"position":2},"title":"Social housing is not just a safety net for the few | Sayeeda Warsi","date":"April 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r With more and more people made homeless or forced to pay excessive rents, the charity Shelter is investigating how to help themAlthough provoked by the Grenfell Tower tragedy, which drew attention to social housing in the UK, Shelter\u2019s commission into the future of social housing will go much wider\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":58436,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/outrage-at-grenfell-tower-is-a-chance-to-fix-housing-policy\/","url_meta":{"origin":66778,"position":3},"title":"Outrage at Grenfell Tower is a chance to fix housing policy","date":"June 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The economics of sorting out the property market are straightforward\r \r Source : ft.com\r Read more...Outrage at Grenfell Tower is a chance to fix housing policy","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":126999,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-fear-we-could-face-another-grenfell-tower-disaster-sadiq-khan\/","url_meta":{"origin":66778,"position":4},"title":"I fear we could face another Grenfell Tower disaster | Sadiq Khan","date":"June 12, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Five years on from the blaze that killed 72 people, the London mayor calls on the government to learn the lessons and boost safety measuresThe harrowing images of Grenfell Tower engulfed in flames will forever be seared into our city\u2019s memory. 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