The fall in new social rented homes is a result of seven years of Tory failure on housing – John Healey

John
Healey MP, Labour’s
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, commenting on new Government
statistics showing a 98 per cent fall in new social rented homes, said:

“After
seven years of Tory failure on housing, homelessness has doubled,
home-ownership has fallen to a 30-year low and the number of new genuinely
affordable homes being built has fallen off a cliff.

“These
shocking new figures show that in the six months before the Chancellor’s
so-called ‘housing Budget’, the number of new Government-funded homes for
social rent fell by 98 per cent compared to Labour’s last year in office.

“It’s
time Ministers supported Labour’s plan to build 100,000 low-cost homes to rent
and buy a year, including backing councils to build again.”