Places for People has urged the next government to put building 90,000 social rented homes a year as a “top priority”.

The 245,000-home housing association joins other voices in the sector, such as Shelter, the National Housing Federation and the last Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee in calling on the government to increase delivery of social rented homes to 90,000 homes a year. 

The results of a Places for People (PfP) survey of 4,000 people, released today, reveal that 80% of respondents see homelessness as a major national issue, and 77% believe the government needs to build more social housing to address it.