NHF reveals social housing demand will rise
The already significant demand for social housing is set to grow even further.
Such is the assertion of the National Housing Federation (NHF), which reveals that the number of those on waiting lists for such housing is set to reach a record high of around two million by 2011, something which cold interest those with jobs in housing.
Between now and 2011, it is suggested that an additional 200,000 households are set join social housing waiting lists, although demand over the last five years has already increased by 55 per cent.
Ruth Davison, director of the NHF, said: "We are currently witnessing a dramatic surge in the demand for social housing, as the recession really starts to bite."
She adds that the fact waiting lists will have doubled in the years between 2001 and 2011 indicates "that we simply have not produced the number of homes we so desperately need".
Meanwhile, research from the Local Government Association indicated that 57 per cent of local council leaders in England have witnessed an increase in the number of people demanding social housing since the emergence of the credit crunch, with a further 31 per cent expecting such a rise to take place.
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