that's because councils don't have enough cash to build cheaper social housing. ultimately we need policy that deals with the shot we do need to build more social housing, there's just no getting away from that. we need to see a really serious commitment and it needs to be backed by funding from government. a0 years of housing policy have left our estates in crisis. we are absolutely going backwards because the cost of private rentals is far higher than the social equivalent, so people are paying more to live in worse conditions. the system isn't working. the bampton estate has seen government policies come and go, but people are still living in unfit homes.