Government Failing To Tackle Britain's Housing Crisis Warns Shelter

Leading housing groups have warned today that the Government is failing to tackle the country’s growing housing crisis. In their second Housing Report, the National Housing Federation, Shelter and The Chartered Institute of Housing warn the Government is failing to deliver on five out of ten key housing indicators:

• affordability of the private rented sector
• help with housing costs
• homelessness
• housing supply
• overcrowding.

The warning comes as new figures show housebuilding starts are down 11% on the last quarter. The Housing Report warns ministers of the urgency of meeting the nation’s housing needs as pressures, such as falling incomes and a growing and ageing population, intensify over the coming years - putting an increasing strain on Britain’s broken housing market.

The Housing Report is available to read here.