Social housing is not just a safety net for the few | Sayeeda Warsi

With more and more people made homeless or forced to pay excessive rents, the charity Shelter is investigating how to help themAlthough provoked by the Grenfell Tower tragedy, which drew attention to social housing in the UK, Shelter’s commission into the future of social housing will go much wider than one fateful fire and address concerns that people in social housing are being ignored.Alongside 15 others, including Ed Miliband, Doreen Lawrence and those from the Grenfell community, I have joined the commission and will spend the next few months hearing from social tenants about their experiences, setting out necessary changes and scrutinising the role the sector could play in easing Britain’s housing crisis. Continue reading…
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