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‘Out of reach’: stalled newbuilds leave Labour’s social housing targets in tatters

As some families face a 200-year wait for an affordable home, what exactly has gone wrong?

The Guardian - UK

Warning UK’s housing crisis will deepen if Reeves makes further cuts in spending review

Exclusive: Building new social housing is facing a ‘cliff edge’ because of a lack of funds, experts say – as Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner battle over budget plans

The Independent UK

Rent increase warning as London's housing associations unable to build enough homes

The G15 has warned rising rents, an exodus of key workers, and spiralling temporary accommodation costs are inevitable unless urgent action is taken

Evening Standard

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‘It’s decimated’: Rayner faces a battle to boost Britain’s social housing

Labour wants action. But rent caps, rising interest rates and restrictions on councils have hit the affordable homes sector hard

The Guardian - UK

Want to rent a London home? You’ll need to earn £76,000

On average Londoners need to be earning £76,261 to afford the average private rent in the capital, the Funding London’s Affordable Home report found

Evening Standard

Affordable homes built in London 'with no one to take them' as housing associations battle soaring costs

System used by private developers is ‘creaking at the seams’

Evening Standard

New Labour Government urged to use first 100 days to transform outlook for London tenants

Call comes after Rachel Reeves announced new approach to planning to meet ambitious goal on home building

Evening Standard

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Michael Gove tells landlord L&Q: ‘You have failed your residents’

Social housing landlord ordered to pay tenants compensation after findings of severe maladministration

The Guardian - UK

'We're living in a raw sewage and rat-infested hell - we fear for our kids'

Worried housing association tenants have made more than 15,000 complaints in the last three years

Manchester Evening News

Giant rats and raw sewage 'hell' spark fear for kids' health due to mould and damp

A Sunday Mirror investigation has revealed there were 15,000 complaints about disrepair with tenants worried about rat infestations, raw sewage and health problems caused by mould

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