Great Britain’s housing crisis has been defined here, the demand for housing in the UK has intensified as the population and the number of households is grown. In fact, there are two million social houses /flats of the people who fall in the low incomes category and new social housing is being built at a quarter of the rate. New builds in the private sector are also low by historical standards. Only 50,000 affordable homes are now being built per year. We can easily understand the shortage of private and social housing has accelerated the growth of the private rental sector, which has bee doubled in size over 20 years. According to a rough estimate, 320,000 people including 200,000 children are homeless. Almost 800,000 households live in overcrowded living conditions. It is true that Britain has the oldest housing stock in Europe and demolition rates are very slow. There are more than four million homes are come in the non-decent category mostly in the private rental sector.
There are 320,000 homeless people in the UK. Homelessness affects 140,000 families, including an estimated 120,000 adults and 200,000 children. The number of people sleeping rough – more than 5,000 – has almost tripled since 2010. Most homeless people are not living on the street but in temporary accommodation or shelters, or are sleeping on friends’ sofas. In England, 85,000 households are in temporary accommodation, such as short-term private rentals; temporary social housing stock; and B&Bs and hostels – with an additional 10,000 on the waiting list for such accommodation. The rate of homelessness is significantly greater in Northern Ireland than in the rest of the UK.