The Facts

The England's Housing Crisis publications are a compendium of key facts and figures on affordability and housing need. They show how house price inflation has far outstripped earnings inflation since Labour was first elected in 1997. They show that there aren't enough affordable homes being built, while affordable housing waiting lists continue to rise. They also show how housing associations are working to reverse the crisis - and how the Government can help to make their work go even further.

• England's Housing Crisis: The Facts
  Since 1997 house prices have
  soared 125% and average salaries
  have risen by just 18% in the same
  period.
   

• South West Housing Crisis: The Evidence 2005
  Nearly 134,000 affordable social
  homes have been sold off in the
  South West in the 25 years of
  Right to Buy policy, an average of
  5,360 a year.

• South East Housing Crisis: The Evidence 2005
  Average house prices in the South
  East are 23% higher than the
  national average
   

• A West Midlands Housing Crisis: Balancing Growth and Regeneration
  We all want a home that we can call
  our own. Yet people in the East of
  England are finding it increasingly
  difficult to find homes.