To end child homelessness, we need more social homes.

If you agree with this, please email your MP today.

Building more social homes is the only way to solve the housing emergency once and for all. 

But, decades of underinvestment in this means that our country now has a severe shortage of genuinely affordable social rent homes. 

This is causing record levels of homelessness, with over 161,500 children currently growing up homeless in temporary accommodation. And, it’s also costing us huge amounts of money, with the government’s annual temporary accommodation bill coming in at £2.3 billion.

Building a new generation of social homes will transform our society. It will create a safe, secure and affordable housing system for everyone. And, it’s the only way to end child homelessness. 

This June, at the government’s spending review, they will decide how much money to put towards building social homes for the next five to ten years.

The government must live up to their promise of change and invest in building the social homes England so desperately needs.

So, please email your MP today.

• Need to know a bit more before taking action? Read this. 

  Later this year, there’s a big day in politics that will shape the future of generations to come: the government’s spending review. These reviews are only every two years and, at this one, the chancellor will announce the funding for social homes over the next five to ten years. With the current funding coming to an end in 2026, this is a really important opportunity for us to get the lasting change we need to end child homelessness.

  Your MP can play a key role in this by writing to the Chancellor Rachel Reeves directly and asking her to invest in social homes. The more pressure she feels from them, the more likely she is to listen and take action.

  We’re also hosting an event in parliament for MPs where they can learn more about the wide-reaching benefits of social homes, and why we must invest in them if we want to solve the housing emergency once and for all.

  You have the power to help create a happier and healthier society where no child is homeless. Email your MP today - invite them to our parliamentary event and ask them to write to the chancellor.