Highest number of households on Waverley social housing waiting list since 2019
The Government has imposed a target of almost 1,500 homes per year on ‘Your Waverley.’
Developers are now lining up as they respond to the council’s “Call for Sites.”
Figures show that last year, the number of households waiting for social housing from Waverley council hit a five-year high.
A councils’ group has called for more social housing to be built amid a growing national shortage of social homes.
Figures from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government show 850 households were waiting for a social home from Waverley Council as of March.
This rose from 796 a year earlier, the highest figure since 2019 when 1,018 people were waiting.
These figures cover council waiting lists and do not include privately-provided social housing.
A new report from the District Councils Network has called for a plan to increase the number of social homes.
The body represents 169 councils across England, including Waverley Borough Council.
It has called for removing administrative costs, closing planning loopholes, and allowing councils to reclaim empty properties.
Do they know how many “empty” homes there are in Waverley?