Most local authorities will struggle to deliver new social housing at scale as their budgets are on the “brink of collapse”, according to research suggesting the Government’s “council housing revolution” may be in jeopardy.
A survey found two-thirds of 76 councils managing more than 870,000 homes said the viability of their dedicated budgets are under threat, with a risk many will not be able to balance the books by the end of the decade.
