evidence: 1.2 million households in England are currently stuck on waiting lists for a social home, a rise of 5% in the last two years. [...] "The social housing deficit is at the heart of the housing emergency. The fundamental lack of genuinely affordable homeshas pushed millions of people into insecure, expensive and often discriminatory private renting. It is why we have over a million households waiting for a decent social home, andthousands ofhomeless childrenare growing upin temporary accommodation. [...] In 2022 there were1,206,376 households on social housing waiting lists in England.This is an increase of 5% since 2020 where there were 1,145,132 households on social housing waiting lists. Data is available at: DLUHC, Live tables on rents, lettings and tenancies, Table 600