CIH: Quarter of a million cheap homes to be lost by 2020

摘要

Almost 250,000 of the cheapest rented homes could be lost by 2020, according to projections from the Chartered Institute of Housing. The institute made the forecast after figures released by the government last week showed the total number of homes available for social rent fell by more than 120,000 between 2012 and 2016. Though 44,600 homes were built for social rent over that period, significantly more were lost as housing providers converted them to higher affordable rents.