Fact checks related to house prices, the number of new homes built, landlords and private renting
Economy, Business & Finance
Jeremy Hunt said since the mid-90s house prices have gone up threefold while incomes of people in their twenties has gone up 20%. That underestimates income growth. Read
The calculation includes the number of people living in temporary accommodation, hostels and those sleeping rough. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The number of social homes started in Scotland each year has been slightly higher under the SNP than the Labour-Lib Dem coalition. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Home ownership in England rose slightly last year following year-on-year falls since 2004. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
How many households made homeless by the Grenfell Tower fire have accepted permanent or temporary accommodation, and how many are in permanent homes? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
346,000 affordable homes were added in the seven years of coalition and Conservative government to 2016/17. That’s slightly more than the last seven years of Labour. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The last Labour government launched a programme to make “non-decent” homes fit for living in. An estimated 1.4 million social sector homes underwent work. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Resolution Foundation estimates that between 66% and 73% of millennials will own their own homes by 2060 (around pension age). 77% of pensioners owned their homes in 2016. Read
Immigration
It’s impossible to say for definite how much immigration has pushed up house prices. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
217,000 homes were added to the overall housing stock in England in 2016/17, the second highest amount in the last 26 years. Read
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