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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jack Simpson

UK failure to build social homes ‘shocking’, says author of 2004 report

Placards calling for more social housing
Protesters from housing associations across London demonstrating outside Downing Street in 2022 about overcrowded temporary accommodation. Photograph: Maureen McLean/Rex/Shutterstock

The failure of governments to build enough social homes in the past 20 years is “shocking” and “uneconomical”, says the author of a landmark Blair-era report into housing supply.

Kate Barker has expressed her disappointment at the levels of overcrowding and widespread use of temporary housing resulting from a lack of new homes to accommodate some of Britain’s poorest citizens.

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