Shelter has repeated its call for the next government to build 90,000 social rented  homes per year over 10 years, as its analysis of government data shows that the number of the ternure in England fell by more than a quarter of a million between 2013 and 2023.

The charity’s analysis of government data shows that between April 2013 and April 2023, the number of social housing homes owned by councils and housing associations in England fell by 260,464 units.

In its 2010 spending review, the coalition government announced a reduction in England’s housing budget from £8.4bn over the previous three years to £4.4bn over the following four years.