UK needs 100,000 ‘beautiful’ council homes a year to solve affordable housing crisis, report claims

By Tom Lowe2025-08-27T06:00:00

Source: Morley von Sternberg

Policy Exchange report calls for new social housing boom which learns from ‘traumatic’ legacy of brutalist post-war estates

Britain needs to build 100,000 council homes a year and to ensure beauty in their design, according to a new report backed by MPs from both sides of the House of Commons.

The Policy Exchange, an independent right-leaning think tank, said a huge boost in social housing delivery would ease pressure on public finances by removing the most economically disadvantaged from the private rental market.

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