The Future of Social Housing

Paul Smith

Issues• Right to Buy• Home ownership• Private renting• Bedroom tax• Benefit cap• Means tested rents• Rent cut

Pressure on FamiliesWelfare Reform and the

Goldilocks Zone

Pressure on FamiliesWelfare Reform and the

Goldilocks Zone

Pressure on FamiliesWelfare Reform and the

Goldilocks Zone

Supply of Social Housing

Working Tenants

£30,000

Rent Policy

Rent PolicyRent loss after 4 years

• £16.50 per week • £790 over the year

30,000 social rented homes in Wiltshire

Rent loss during Year 4

•£20m

Affordable Housing

13,000 new affordable homes 2006-2026