I see there's a pledge to halve numbers in temporary accommodation.
And very welcome it is. The figure is now more than 100,000, having doubled since 1997. But overall, housing groups are concerned that policy remains centred on expanding private ownership. Young people and young families, they argue, need stable rented housing at affordable rates that can only be provided through the social housing sector.
So what real action is planned? To help first-time buyers, the Government plans to enable the construction of low-cost starter homes on publicly owned land, including 100 former NHS sites. There will be a competition among developers to come up with a 60,000 home and a bit of sleight of hand to reduce costs by bringing in private finance and enabling purchasers to pay only construction costs and not for the land.
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