Shelter: 119 years needed to clear England's social housing waiting lists at current building rates
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Jessica Murray
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Summary
Shelter research reveals that at the current rate of building social homes in England (12,198 per year), it would take 119 years to clear the waiting list of over 1.3 million households. The housing charity warns that generations of children will grow up homeless unless the government addresses council housing debt and accelerates social housing delivery.
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This equates to an average of 110 households waiting for every new social home delivered
Generations of children in England will grow up homeless unless government addresses council housing debt
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