How bad is the housing crisis? Take our quiz to find out...
Answer the questions below to test your knowledge – and find out just how bad the housing crisis has become.
1. We are currently building around 120,000 new homes per year in England. How many do we need to be building each year to keep up with demand?
a) 245,000
b) 205,000
c) 145,000
2. How many children living in temporary accommodation in England were waiting to be rehoused at the end September 2014?
a) 10,657
b) 22,632
c) 87,420
3. How much did the average house price in London increase between April 2013 and April 2014?
a) £1million
b) £57,278
c) £30,635
4 What proportion of people claiming Housing Benefit in England have to claim even though they’re working?
a) 4%
b) 11%
c) 23%
5. 10% of social renters and 4% of homeowners have moved in the last year. What percentage of private renters have?
a) 34%
b) 25%
c) 10%
6 How many households in England are living in overcrowded conditions?
a) 231,800
b) 652,000
c) 1 million
How did you do?
Answers: 1 (a), 2 (c) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (a) 6 (b)
Your score:
5 to 6: You already knew there is a terrible housing crisis, but perhaps some of the figures still shocked you.
3-4 : Sadly, the housing crisis is worse than you imagined. But it doesn’t have to be – with your support as part of the Homes for Britain campaign, we can ask politicians to do something about it.
0-2: Perhaps you didn’t believe there was a housing crisis or that it affects so many people, but now you’ve seen the facts, we hope you do and that you’ll join the Homes for Britain campaign.
No matter what score you got, now you’ve seen how bad the housing crisis is, we hope you’ll be inspired to join our campaign. On pages ?-? you will find eight easy ways you can become part of the Homes for Britain campaign.
Data sources: Cambridge, Department for Communities and Local Government, Land Registry, Department for Work and Pensions, English Housing Survey