Join the campaign for social housing

Build social housing, end the housing emergency.

Did you know social homes cost a third of private rents in England on average? 

People in social housing have more rights and their rent goes back to councils and housing associations to reinvest in upkeeping and building more social homes. Because they’re so affordable and secure, they are the only way to end homelessness – but we’ve barely built any for years. 
 
The government has a big opportunity in 2025 to fix our broken housing system for good. In June, they must decide how much money they spend on social housing for the next five years. 
 
With 161,500 children homeless in expensive and often poor-quality temporary accommodation, the situation is dire, and it’s getting worse. There are 71,000 more children living like this than there were a decade ago.  Let's get the government investing big in social housing and living up to their promise of change in 2025. 

Add your name to the campaign to build more social housing: so a new generation can be proud to say “We are Made in Social Housing”.

• 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.

  Social housing rents are tied to local incomes which means that, unlike the private rented sector, social rent homes are the only genuinely affordable housing tenure.

  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 all have the opportunity to 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.