HOUSING

Housing need is double official stats, warns Nat Fed

The number of people in England who need social housing is nearly double the number of people on the government’s official waiting list, a new report has warned today.

The number of people in England who need social housing is nearly double the number of people on the Government's official waiting list, a new report has warned today.

The first ever ‘state of the nation' report on the housing crisis, published by the National Housing Federation (NHF), found more than eight million people are living in an unaffordable, insecure or unsuitable home.

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