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How to create 6,500 social homes overnight
We will need much more social housing in the economic fallout of the pandemic. This is a good place to start.
By
Rose Grayston
25 November 2020
Did you know housing associations and councils own almost 11,000 fully-built but unsold homes, intended for shared-ownership or market-sale, sitting empty on sites across England? The unpredictable market conditions created by the pandemic have made it tough for social housing providers to sell some of their homeownership stock, which they typically use to cross-subsidise the homes that they rent, including for
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