Building 3,000 Council Homes Over Eight Years

If the government gave you more money, you could build 3,000 council homes over the next eight years. Council housing is an incredible thing because you get rent from it that goes back to the council so you can maintain the stock. A new Labour government needs to make social housing the second largest tenure in the country. The impacts on health, the impacts on the NHS of having a warm, safe, secure home are massive. For those who are worried about the financial implications of council house building programs, this is except think of it like infrastructure. You're investing in assets and guaranteed return.