Build more social homes to end the housing emergency and homelessness.

Social homes are a safe and secure foundation. They give us the chance to build happy, healthy lives. 

Social homes are the only truly affordable rented homes because rents are tied to local incomes.They are the only type of rented homes that provide long term security and that genuine affordability. These benefits of social homes are things we desperately need now as homelessness continues to spiral. 

In England, 1.3 million households are on the social housing waiting list. The number of children who are homeless and living in temporary accommodation has increased by over 46,000 in the last three years alone, to a total of over 165,000. The severe shortage of social homes, caused by a lack of investment means that millions are stuck paying extortionate private rents. As these problems get worse, it is more urgent than ever to fight for more social homes. 

The government has pledged £39 billion for a new ten-year Affordable Homes Programme. This programme funds social homes as well as other types of homes. The increase in investment means more social homes will be built. While this is an improvement, plenty more needs to be done. We need a target for the number of social homes that the government will build and more investment to start building 90,000 social homes a year for ten years to end the housing emergency.  

Join the campaign to build more social homes: so a new generation can grow up in the safe and secure home everyone should have a right to.  

• Watch the video created by people Made in Social Housing:

  Building 90,000 quality social rent homes a year would give people the homes they desperately need, and provide people with the long term stability and security of a safe place to call home.

  Chris was born and raised in a social home, and this is how he put it: “So much has been taken away simply by the removal of social housing as a primary option. We were part of a community. Safe, secure, stable.”

  We hear hundreds of these stories from people we help find social homes every year. We want more people to have the security and affordability of a social home, just like Chris.

  We can all use our voices for change. Stand with us today, add your name to the campaign and help us call on government to end the housing emergency.