A high-profile cross-party commission has urged ministers to embark on a government-backed housebuilding programme to deliver 3.1m new social homes in the UK over the next two decades.
The 20-year programme would cater for the homeless and those in need of housing but also families otherwise “trapped” in private rented homes and over-55 renters, said the commission, which was formed by the housing charity Shelter.
The 16 commissioners were brought together in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire in London, which highlighted problems in the housing sector.
