NEWS INSIGHTS
Housing by numbers homes projected to be owned by “forprofit” providers by 2027 (Savills)
of new funding for housing legal aid, welcomed by the legal sector for being nonmeans-tested
complaint handling failure orders given out by the Housing Ombudsman in the past year
spent by registered providers on repairs in the last quarter, a record figure (Regulator of Social Housing)
private rented households in Britain are experiencing a shortfall between their housing benefit payment and their monthly rents (NRLA) new City Hall-backed council homes were started in the 2021/22 financial year (City Hall)
housing-with-care homes needed in Scotland alone to meet demand (ARCO)
families across England that could be in “fuel stress” this winter due to increases to the energy price cap (Resolution Foundation)
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HOUSING QUALITY MAGAZINE JULY 2022
of people in Scotland don’t believe there’s enough good-quality lowcost housing available for rent (SFHA)
