Recommendation 1

The problem of a continuing chronic shortage of social housing that we identified in our 2020 Report, Building More Social Housing, remains. In line with the conclusions of our 2020 report, we conclude that the Government must support, regulate and invest in the social housing sector so that the country can increase delivery to 90,000 social rent homes a year. The Government should consider and publish its assessment of the capacity of and targets for the delivery of the overall housing market and social housing in particular. This should be carried out on an annual basis. (Paragraph 17) A financial health check