An inquiry into the government's ability to deliver social and affordable rented housing has been launched by MPs today.
The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee will investigate the adequacy of funding levels, challenges facing different areas of the country, and incentives for councils to stimulate delivery.
Chair of the committee, Clive Betts, said: 'The Government has accepted that there needs to be much more new housing built each year, but it is possible that only 3% of its target of 300,000 new homes a year will be social homes built by local authorities.
'We have launched this new inquiry to understand how effective the Government’s current housing strategy will be in meeting demand for social housing in the long term.
'We will examine how far current funding levels will promote new building projects, and what more can be done to encourage local authorities and housing associations to increase provision. Social housing has been left to drift for too long and we must ensure that there are coherent long-term strategies to remedy this.'
