\u00a0 <\/span>The Industry, What Can Be Done to Lift Us from Housing Scarcity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nFrom March 2014 \u2013 2015\u00a0 <\/span>only 6,592 affordable homes were built, which is only 28% of all new housing.<\/p>\nIncreasing homelessness, mental health issues for young people, transient communities, no ability to plan for their future, families are being pushed out of London.
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The Stats<\/p>\n
\n- 1.4 million households<\/b> \u2013 more than three million people \u2013 on council
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>housing waiting lists<\/li>\n- 61,970 households<\/b> are in temporary accommodation \u2013 a 21% increase compared with 2010<\/li>\n
- Among which, 90,450 children <\/b>are living in temporary accommodation<\/li>\n
- Average London property costs \u00a3503,431, 14 times of a Londoner\u2019s average earnings <\/b>of\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a335,238 a year<\/li>\n
- 1\/2 private renting housing benefit claimants in London are working<\/b>, compared to 1\/3 in the rest of England.<\/li>\n
- Londoners have to save \u00a3179,248 for their deposit <\/b>on an average London property costing \u00a3503,431, where average earnings are \u00a0\u00a335,238 a year. A Londoner\u2019s average rent bill is \u00a0\u00a31,500. \u00a0Home ownership is being reduced to an unachievable aspiration<\/li>\n
- The Housing Benefit bill for London reached \u00a36bn<\/b> in 2015<\/li>\n
- Housing benefit claims in London peaked in 2013 at 850,000<\/b> and fell to 820,000 in 2015. The social rented sector accounted for 560,000 claims<\/b> and the private rented sector 270,000.<\/b><\/li>\n
- In London, renters are having to find \u00a33,735 by way of a deposit and estate agent fees before moving into new accommodation<\/b><\/li>\n
- In the year up to April 2014, 42,870 affordable homes were built in England, lowest amount built in any year since 2004\/5. <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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