How much would it cost to clear the social housing waiting list of 1.2mn households?
Property consultants JLL (who advise on affordable housing & are quoted in FT) reckon to build out the current shortage would cost £205bn.
However, this is 'only' around half of what the UK mobilised to respond to Covid... just in case you were about to say, that's clearly unaffordable!
More help to first time buyers isn't going to help.
We must build more social housing!
#housing #inequality #politics
Emeritus Prof Christopher May /
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