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Invest in a million new council houses

Submitted on Thursday 6th September 2012

Published on Tuesday 2nd October 2012

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 2nd October 2013

Signatures: 10

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Invest in a million new council houses

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This petition calls upon the government to build a million new council houses over the next 15 years.

Every year the housing industry builds around 120,000 private homes: we need at least 200,000 new ones a year to keep up with population growth. A major council house building program would combat help combat this shortage and make sure that no one is left without a roof over their head.

In addition, a house building program would bring economic benefits in the form of stimulus to jobs and investment, less spending on housing benefit and income from rents. A House of Commons Council Housing Group report has estimated that the cost of NOT building a million council houses will exceed £21.5 billion a year in the direct and indirect costs of homelessness.


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