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The amount of social homes being built has decreased by almost 90% since the Conservative Party were elected in 2010, according to new official figures<\/h2>\n

Only 1,409 of the lowest-cost homes were started in England in the 2017\/18 financial year \u2013\u00a0down from 39,402 in 2009\/10.<\/p>\n

However, more social housing was built last year than the previous year after ministers responded to the Grenfell Tower disaster<\/a> by promising new investment in low-cost\u00a0housing.<\/p>\n

The fall since 2010 comes after Conservative ministers decided to relocate funding for social homes into\u00a0more expensive types of property, namely \u2018affordable\u2019 homes. Affordable housing<\/a> is\u00a0rented out at up to 80% of market value, whereas social rents are typically set at around 50% of market rates.<\/p>\n

The Grenfell disaster forced ministers to reconsider their approach, with Home Secretary Sajid Javid, admitting the Conservatives had “failed” on housing.<\/p>\n

The Labour Party said the latest figures showed the government was still not investing enough in social housing.<\/p>\n

John Healey, the\u00a0shadow housing secretary, said: \u201cA year since Theresa May admitted that the Conservatives haven\u2019t given enough attention to social housing, it\u2019s clear ministers are still not building the homes the country needs.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter eight\u00a0years of failure on housing, the Conservatives should back Labour\u2019s long-term plan for a million new genuinely affordable homes<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

It comes amid reports that Philip Hammond, the Chancellor, has warned his cabinet colleagues that the\u00a0government\u2019s NHS cash injection, announced\u00a0this week, means there is no money left for investing in other areas \u2013 including housing.<\/p>\n

Senior ministers were said to have been told they would not be receiving\u00a0additional funding from the Treasury, despite growing calls for investment in areas\u00a0such as housing.<\/p>\n

Dominic Raab, the housing minister, said:\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s good news to see affordable housing starts and completions rising.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are ambitious to do much more to build the homes Britain needs, and to make them more affordable for those on low and middle incomes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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