Social Housing Policy in the UK
A Paper for China-Europa-Forum : July 2010
Authors: David Richardson, Director of Housing Services
Overview of the political environment
The UK has a new coalition government composed of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. This is a new political landscape for the UK (unlike the rest of Europe) and will provide interesting challenges over the next few years.
The overwhelming target for the new government is to reduce the large budget deficit (£704 billion at March 2010).