Waiting list for family-sized social homes would take century to clear in some London boroughs

In Westminster, the National Housing Federation estimates it would take 107 years to clear the waiting list for a family-sized social rent home, at the current rate of lettings - (PA)

The waiting list for a family-sized social rented home in some London boroughs would now take over a century to clear completely at the current rate of progress, new research has found.

An analysis by the National Housing Federation found that families waiting for properties with three or more bedrooms in Westminster, Enfield or Merton, would all have to wait over 100 years to get a home, assuming nobody new joined the list at a higher priority level and they were at the bottom of it.