Skip to main content
Work with the NEU
Affordable homes crisis forces rise in car living

MORE people are being forced to live in their cars after finding themselves priced out of the housing market, a Labour MP told Parliament yesterday.

Oldham East MP Debbie Abrahams said Communities Secretary Greg Clark has shown “breathtaking” complacency over the housing crisis.

She warned of an “urgent and growing” housing shortage as she told Mr Clark: “There is a 20-year low in affordable homes being built.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
Prime Minister Andy Burnham leaves 10 Downing Street, London, as he heads to the Palace of Westminster, where he will call for more public control over water, energy and transport in his first appearance in the House of Commons since becoming Prime Minister. Picture date: Tuesday September 1, 2026
Editorial / 1 September 2026
1 September 2026
An aerial view of housing in south west London, July 31, 2026
Housing Crisis / 25 August 2026
25 August 2026

Social Housing Action Campaign blasts PM’s decision to break commitment to allocate 100% of Affordable Homes Programme to social rents

Angela Rayner
Housing / 24 July 2026
24 July 2026

‘Rent freezes are not a way forward at the moment,’ Housing Secretary Angela Rayner says