A new home is now needed every five minutes, night and day, just to cope with record levels of immigration to England
A new home is now needed every five minutes, night and day, just to cope with record levels of immigration to England
It is impossible to build houses on this scale. The inevitable outcome is higher house prices, rents, and mortgage rates. We have barely enough housing stock to meet the needs of the existing population, never mind the new arrivals.
Soaring immigration is making the housing crisis worse
According to one official estimate, immigration drove a 21% increase in house prices in England between 1991 and 2016.
Should the level of net migration be allowed to continue at 606,000 per year, Britain will need to build 6-8 million more homes by 2046.
The extra housing and infrastructure will, of course, be at the expense of our beautiful green space.
Re-engineering existing cities to accommodate new arrivals will be both difficult and costly.
