Social housing

Why we need more social housing

Levels of public housebuilding have plummeted dramatically, leading to a sharp increase in families stuck in expensive, poor quality, insecure, privately rented homes.

• What is social housing?
  Find out why social housing is the only truly affordable, secure housing option for people across the country.

• The story of social housing
  Learn how social housing has changed over the years, and what we must do to revive it.

• The value of social housing
  Social housing is an investment in people, strong communities and the future of our country.

• Loss of social housing
  Year after year, social housing has declined, leading to a significant deficit impacting the entire housing system.

Campaigning for change

We urgently need long-term, large-scale action to address our chronic lack of social housing.

• Let's build social housing
  Find out more about our demands on government to build the new social housing this country needs.

• Our Made in Social Housing campaign
  We've teamed up with people who grew up in social housing - including some faces you might recognise – to call for the building of thousands of social homes, and an end to the housing emergency.

• The progress we've made
  Read about the Social Housing Regulation Act and how this is positively changing things for those in social rent homes.

Get advice

• Applying for social housing (often called 'council housing')
  Advice for council and housing association tenants, people on the housing register and those who want to apply.