{"id":15400,"date":"2015-03-17T13:47:36","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T13:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.adjacentgovernment.co.uk\/?p=15400"},"modified":"2017-02-08T16:20:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T16:20:12","slug":"housing-shortage-hitting-thousands-wolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/housing-shortage-hitting-thousands-wolves\/15400\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing shortage hitting thousands in Wolves"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span>Thousands of people are struggling to buy property in Wolverhampton due to a chronic housing shortage&#8230;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A new report has revealed the scope of the housing problem in Wolverhampton. Between 2006 to 2026, a total of 13,400 new homes were supposed to be built. However, over the last nine years only 2,400 have been erected.<\/p>\n<p>In a bid to make up the shortfall, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wolverhampton.gov.uk\/home\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Wolverhampton City Council<\/span><\/a> estimates it needs to increase the number of new homes by more than 50 per cent year on year until 2026. A growing reliance on the private sector is expected to make up 40 per cent of all future housing provision.<\/p>\n<p>The city council said the shortage of homes is due to an increase in the number of people living alone and for longer, as well as a three per cent increase in the population of the city.<\/p>\n<p>To tackle the shortfall, council bosses are working on a strategy, including locating new sites for development and bidding for external funding to pay for new homes.<\/p>\n<p>Wolverhampton North East MP and Shadow Housing Minister <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emmareynolds.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Emma Reynolds<\/span><\/a> said: &#8220;We see Government investment in housing is a key priority.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A Labour Government would give local authorities more flexibility to build the homes they need by allowing them to apply to the treasury to borrow the necessary funds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Currently, there are around 102,000 houses for a population of around 252,000.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of people are struggling to buy property in Wolverhampton due to a chronic housing shortage&#8230; A new report has revealed the scope of the housing problem in Wolverhampton. Between 2006 to 2026, a total of 13,400 new homes were supposed to be built. However, over the last nine years only 2,400 have been erected. 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