Social housing jobs ”depend on spending”
An increase in London households seeking social homes has been met with dismay be one expert.
Jim Vine, head of UK housing policy and practice at the Building and Social Housing Foundation, said that it was vital for people in social housing jobs that the government prioritise spending on solutions to the national housing crisis.
He spoke out as the National Housing Federation revealed that, although numbers of Londoners seeking social homes had fallen in 11 boroughs, they had increased in some 22 regions.
Figures released by the organisation showed that the number of London households on social housing waiting lists increased annually by 1,259 to 354,389 on April 1st last year.
Mr Vine pointed out that an increase in spending in this area was necessary to drag Britain out of the downturn.
"Not only does it help to meet the need for decent roofs over families” heads, but investment in housing also keeps people in work," he concluded.
