Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged £340m to provide 1,200 homes and intensive support for at least 3,000 people in England to help end rough sleeping.

Decades of public housing sales under the Right to Buy scheme have left over 1.3 million households on waiting lists. New government measures now seek to address this systemic decline and reform landlord practices.

A coalition of 18 housing groups has warned the incoming administration that failure to address private rental costs will undermine efforts to manage the cost of living. The group advocates for market interventions to address the trend of rental growth outpacing wage growth.