Welfare system 'failing to meet minimum thresholds for a dignified standard of living'
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Politicians must commit to building 90,000 social homes a year, urge campaigners
New houses being constructed, January, 2020
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POLITICAL parties must commit to building a new generation of social homes to end the housing emergency, according to a coalition of charities, businesses and campaigners.
An open letter with signatories including Grenfell United, The Health Foundation and Ikea is urging a “mass social housebuilding programme” for 90,000 new social homes.
It comes as new survey findings from Shelter suggested that almost three-quarters of social tenants said they could not afford to live in their local area without access to social housing.
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