176,130 children are homeless. Councils delivered just 12,000 social rent homes last year, crushed by £29bn of historical debt. Clear it and let them build.
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In 1945 Labour rebuilt Britain with council housing at its heart. Eighty years on, that social contract is broken. Protect renters, build homes, back workers.
A woman with breast cancer, homeless in a bed bug-infested hotel. London spends £5.5m a day on temporary accommodation. Britain's housing crisis is now ordinary.
1.4m homes have planning permission but sit unbuilt, councils face a £3bn shortfall, and service charges are soaring. Supply alone won't fix Britain's housing.
Britain's housing crisis is existential. Developers drip-feed builds to keep prices high while sitting on land. It's time for the biggest council build ever.
Five housebuilders sit on 868,922 plots worth £275bn while completions hit a decade low. Landbanking, not immigration, is why a generation can't buy a home.
98.8% of landlords made a profit in 2024, their worst year. New data shows rent controls would still leave them in the black — and save renters £1,200 a year.
One in nine MPs is a landlord - more than double the national rate. Reform UK tops the party table at 25%, and Nigel Farage owns two rental properties himself.
Developers hold permission for 1.4m unbuilt homes while Labour's £39bn sits waiting. Whoever replaces Starmer must get tough on landbanking, not cosy up to it.
Building homes is financially unviable across 48% of the country. Planning reform won't fix that. The real barriers are costs, land, infrastructure and demand.
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