“…It would also ensure that existing stock is used as effectively as possible. With 1.34 million people on the waiting list, a record number of people sleeping rough and a staggering 178,000 children in temporary accommodation, not a single social home can afford to be filled by somebody who could reasonably afford marke…”
Record by topic
- NHS waiting lists34th of 54324.0
- Learning disability & autism308th of 90512.0
- Mental health491st of 8906.0
- Adult social care & reform113th of 3976.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing62nd of 3146.0
- Public health & prevention427th of 7003.0
Also active on nhs waiting lists
What they’ve said
“…ing are in lifetime tenancies, regardless of their circumstance, that housing is not available to people on the waiting list. It is already occupied and nobody is saying that that should change. So, it is not the case that right to buy causes a depletion of available social housing stock— it simply does not.”
Social Housing Bill (Second sitting) · 2026-10-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…towards building more social housing, and no light at the end of the tunnel for the 1.34 million people on the waiting list.…”
Social Housing Bill (Second sitting) · 2026-10-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…That is not the only available avenue that the Government could take to support those on the waiting list and get more people into the housing they need. I hope that you will not mind, Madam Deputy Speaker, if I offer two key areas in which progress could be made.”
Social Housing Bill [Lords] · 2026-09-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…and successful management of right-to-buy receipts, we can both sell a family home and support a family on the waiting list into another one. As homelessness peaks at record levels and the number of children in temporary accommodation reaches a dizzying summit of 178,000, it beggars belief that the Government are not…”
Social Housing Bill [Lords] · 2026-09-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It does not even free up any social homes for the 1.34 million people on the waiting list. It is a dud Bill and an ideological red herring. Most egregiously, however, the Government have taken a much-needed reform—the need for a new and effective framework to enable landlords to take possession action against perpetrat…”
Social Housing Bill [Lords] · 2026-09-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
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