According to the Independant more than half a million social homes in England fail to meet basic health and safety standards, an analysis of official government data by The Independent has revealed.
Just weeks after the Grenfell Tower fire raised serious questions about the state of housing in the UK, new statistics show that 525,000 social homes currently do not meet the national Decent Homes Standard – almost one in seven of all social homes in England.
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