The Levelling-up, Housing and Communities Committee in the House of Commons has launched an inquiry into the finance and sustainability of the social housing sector. It explains:
“This inquiry seeks to examine the finances and sustainability of the social housing sector in England. In recent years the financial pressures for social landlords have increased as they face the demands of building new homes, retrofitting existing stock to improve energy efficiency, remediating stock with cladding and other building safety issues, and tackling issues arising from damp and mould. This inquiry will explore what these demands means for the social housing sector, and how it might try to meet all these priorities.”
In reality they can’t meet all these demands without more government funding. In particular council housing revenue accounts are grossly under-funded. Our campaign has put in a submission to the inquiry which you can read here: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/121148/pdf/
You can read all written evidence here: The finances and sustainability of the social housing sector – Written evidence – Committees – UK Parliament
Feedback on our submission is welcome.
Labour Campaign for Council Housing 