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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jack Simpson

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Uk failure to build social homes shocking says author of 2004 report | History Defined

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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