Housing by numbers
tenants from across England will be on the government’s new Resident Panel
is how much unsafe and poor private rented housing costs the NHS each year (Public Accounts Committee)
decisions in the Housing Ombudsman’s online casebook
people are expected to be pushed into absolute poverty next year (Resolution Foundation)
new councils homes have been started in London since 2018 (City Hall)
of private renters relying on universal credit have an average gap of £100 a month between the amount they receive in housing cost support and the rents they pay (NRLA)
new homes the new organisation would own if the proposed merger between Optivo and Southern Housing Group goes ahead
years Housing21 are ahead of the government deadline in getting all their properties to band EPC C rating
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more that tenants living in ‘illegal rentals’ are paying in energy bills (Generation Rent)
drop in the number of homes built by housing associations in the year ending June 2021 (SFHA)
