Member

Because the public and policymakers conflate the two, developers and local authorities can and do claim that they are building affordable homes, while the stock of genuine social housing continues to plummet. As was said, there was a net loss last year. Likewise, Ministers often use the same terminology. Without real distinctions, this masks the reality of what is actually happening to social housing. We must stop talking about affordable housing and start explicitly demanding social housing, and I am sure the Minister would say she is all in favour of that.