In the Guardian today: Social housing lists ‘would take 119 years to clear at current building rate’ Research shows generations of children in England will grow up homeless unless government addresses council housing debt, charity says https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/07/social-housing-119-years-waitlist-current-building-rate Also in the Guardian, in October last year: According to the housing charity Shelter, in the 12 months leading up to March 2025, Liverpool city council received 2,048 applications for homelessness support, a 25% increase on the previous year. The most recent data shows 12,764 households on the city’s social housing waiting list. But one figure is particularly shocking: reflecting the fact that most local authorities … Continue reading SNP-run Glasgow City build 110 times more social rent homes than Labour-run Liverpool as Guardian predicts social housing lists ‘would take 119 years to clear’
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