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What's all the SHOUTing about?

Published on Nov 19, 2015

UK Social Housing Under Threat time to invest in homes for rent General Election 2015

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What's all the SHOUTing about?

                        Tim Morton
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1951 Housing is first of social services

Our target remains 300,000 houses a year
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1964 SHOUT! released

Labour offers 400,000 for rent and sale
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A game of two halves

200,000 plus a year 1953 -1980
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Decline and Fall

Fewer than 50,000 a year since 1981
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Market failure?

Rising demand and prices - falling supply 
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Rise of private renting

higher prices lower quality
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SHOUT's proposals
Lift the Borrowing Cap
Social Housing Grant
Replace homes lost through RTB and 'Affordable Rent'
Combat negative stereotyping of tenants
Bricks not Benefits

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Affordable?

Housing costs 35% of £19,000 income in half the country
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Welfare reform

1.6 million private tenants claimed £9Bn Housing Benefit
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Investing in homes for social rent

  • Lower demand for private rent
  • Private rents fall
  • More tenants with disposable income
  • Can save for deposit
  • Buy a different home
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It's an election

  • Talk to candidates and friends
  • Make the case
  • Challenge the myths
  • Ask where will our children live?
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