1:00am Friday 19th March 2010
By Alex Lewis
THE district council is under fire from the homeless charity Shelter, which has labelled it one of the worst in England for providing affordable housing.
The charity's Housing League table, launched today, shows St Albans is delivering only ten per cent of the affordable homes that are needed and is ranked 249 out of 323 English local authorities for affordable housing delivery.
Chief executive Campbell Robb said: “These figures are extremely worrying. With 1,596 households on the housing waiting list in St Albans, the council must work far harder to ensure more desperately needed affordable homes are provided if it ever hopes to meet the housing needs of the local population.
“Independent experts commissioned by the council say 643 new affordable homes need to be built each year in St Albans, but an average of only 63 have been delivered in the last year, leaving a shortfall of 580 homes per year.”
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