Housing crisis: The 59-year-old woman who lives in a van
The National Housing Federation say 90,000 homes for social rent need to be built each year for the next decade to meet demand but, according to official figures, just 6,338 such homes were completed in 2018-19, down 84% since 2010-11.
"Investing in social housing would boost the economy, it would create thousands of jobs, it would support supply chains in the construction industry and it would provide better, more secure, safe housing for people in need." She says the council are encouraging her to search further afield to increase her chances being allocated somewhere suitable to live."As a single parent, who doesn't drive, it would be hard for me to get anywhere and I'd feel more isolated than I already do, if I move too far from this area."When she was prime minister, Theresa May altered the way in which councils could use funding to allow them to build more homes.
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