Councils forced to put people in expensive temporary accommodation as only 8,386 social homes built in 2022-23
Newly homeless families now outnumber newly built social homes by six to one, according to official figures for England released on Thursday that expose the widening gap between increasing need and the availability of cheap homes.
Only 8,386 new social homes were built in England in 2022-23, while in the same period 52,800 households were accepted by councils as requiring help because they were homeless or in danger of becoming homeless.
