Social housing supports 'go into the pockets of private landlords', think tank warns

TASC has called for a doubling of capital expenditure and a doubling of public housing output to tackle the housing crisis.

Robert Sweeney, senior economic and policy analyst with TASC, said because of a demand for rental properties landlords are now able to "demand" and "extract" a high level of top-up rent.

The Government's current approach to social housing simply transfers money into the pockets of private landlords, a leading social and economic think tank has warned.

TASC is now calling for a doubling of capital expenditure and a doubling of public housing output to tackle the housing crisis.