Yet more research showing why we urgently need a new policy.
Two new studies make current policy seem terrible value for money. And it would be worse if you could factor in the cost of social problems caused or made worse by inadequate family housing.
At Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead we serve a community in one of the country’s most prosperous areas.
Yet housing is still among the most common problems raised with us.
A year ago we asked every citizen and policy-maker to think about how they would answer three questions (3):
Evidence still emerging from public, private and civil society groups makes it clear these and other hard questions must be answered as part of a determined fresh approach. Soon.
1. How Public money is spent on housing, National Housing Federation, September 2017
2. Home Affront, Housing Across the Generations, Resolution Foundation, September 2017
3. Housing crisis, CARBS, October 2016