With more than 105,000 households living in temporary accommodation and thousands more sleeping on the streets, we need new housing on a scale unlike ever before.

In fact, the last time we needed homes anywhere near as much as we do now, councils built nearly half of them.

That was just after World War II. Fast forward to today and there are families living over an hour away from their children’s school and telling bedtime stories in budget hotel rooms night after night.

It’s been proven before that councils can be the answer to the housing crisis.