Immigration ‘Significantly Exacerbating’ Housing Crisis: Think Tank

Immigration is “significantly exacerbating the housing crisis,” putting pressure on the renting market and social housing and affecting housing costs, a think tank has said. The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) report “Taking Back Control” published on Wednesday said that net migration accounted for 55 percent of additional housing demand in England in the year to March 2023. Over the last decade, net migration has contributed to 89 percent of the 1.34 million increase in England’s housing deficit, the think tank said. “Even without migration, we would still need more housing—much more housing,” report authors said, but noted that “migration is making the problem so much more severe—as well as diluting public consent for the housebuilding we need.”...